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