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+ | I've known rivers:<br> | ||
+ | I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of<br> | ||
+ | : human blood in human veins.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | My soul has grown deep like the rivers.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.<br> | ||
+ | I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.<br> | ||
+ | I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.<br> | ||
+ | I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln<br> | ||
+ | : went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy<br> | ||
+ | : bosom turn all golden in the sunset.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | I've known rivers:<br> | ||
+ | Ancient, dusky rivers.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | My soul has grown deep like the rivers.<br> | ||
==Critical Edition== | ==Critical Edition== | ||
+ | Langston Hughes. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers [1921]." ''The Heath Anthology of American Literature''. Vol. D. Fifth Edition. Ed. Paul Lauter. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. 1521. | ||
==Further Reading== | ==Further Reading== | ||
− | + | *Miller, W. Jason. "Justice, Lynching, and American Riverscapes: Finding Reassurance in Langston Hughes's 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers'." Langston Hughes Review, 18 (2004 Spring), pp. 24-37. | |
==External Links== | ==External Links== | ||
+ | *[http://archive.salon.com/audio/poetry/2001/02/15/langston_hughes/index Listen to Langston Hughes read and comment on the poem] at Salon.com | ||
− | [[Category: | + | [[Category:20th century|1921]] |
+ | [[Category:1920s|1921]] | ||
+ | [[Category:By author|Hughes, Langston]] |
Latest revision as of 15:46, 8 April 2008
Text
I've known rivers:
I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of
- human blood in human veins.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young.
I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep.
I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it.
I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln
- went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy
- bosom turn all golden in the sunset.
I've known rivers:
Ancient, dusky rivers.
My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
Critical Edition
Langston Hughes. "The Negro Speaks of Rivers [1921]." The Heath Anthology of American Literature. Vol. D. Fifth Edition. Ed. Paul Lauter. Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 2006. 1521.
Further Reading
- Miller, W. Jason. "Justice, Lynching, and American Riverscapes: Finding Reassurance in Langston Hughes's 'The Negro Speaks of Rivers'." Langston Hughes Review, 18 (2004 Spring), pp. 24-37.