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| − | + | I've known rivers:<br> | |
| − | I've known rivers: | + | I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of<br> |
| − | + | : human blood in human veins.<br> | |
| − | I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of | + | <br> |
| − | + | My soul has grown deep like the rivers.<br> | |
| − | : human blood in human veins. | + | <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> | |
| − | My soul has grown deep like the rivers. | + | 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> | |
| − | I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. | + | : bosom turn all golden in the sunset.<br> |
| − | + | <br> | |
| − | I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. | + | I've known rivers:<br> |
| − | + | Ancient, dusky rivers.<br> | |
| − | I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. | + | <br> |
| − | + | My soul has grown deep like the rivers.<br> | |
| − | I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln | + | |
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| − | : went down to New Orleans, and I've seen its muddy | + | |
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| − | : bosom turn all golden in the sunset. | + | |
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| − | I've known rivers: | + | |
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| − | Ancient, dusky rivers. | + | |
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| − | My soul has grown deep like the rivers. | + | |
==Critical Edition== | ==Critical Edition== | ||
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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. | 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:20th century|1921]] | ||
[[Category:1920s|1921]] | [[Category:1920s|1921]] | ||
[[Category:By author|Hughes, Langston]] | [[Category:By author|Hughes, Langston]] | ||
Latest revision as of 15:46, 8 April 2008
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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.
