Langston Hughes
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young
I heard the singing of theMississippi when Abe Lincoln
flow of human blood in human rivers
Ive known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
went down to New Orleans, and Ive seen its muddy
Negro Speaks of Rivers
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
bosom turn all golden in the sunset
Ive known rivers:
Ive known rivers ancient as the world and older than the
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
