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“The glory of the day was in her face,
The beauty of the night was in her eyes.”

James Weldon Johnson

The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face, st. 1 (1917).

“The glory of the day was in her face,
The beauty of the night was in her eyes.
And over all her loveliness, the grace
Of Morning blushing in the early skies.”

James Weldon Johnson

The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)

“This Great God,
Like a mammy bending over her baby,
Kneeled down in the dust
Toiling over a lump of clay
Till He shaped it in His own image.”

James Weldon Johnson

The Creation, st. 11.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)

“Find Sister Caroline…
And she's tired—
She's weary—
Go down, Death, and bring her to me.”

James Weldon Johnson

Go Down, Death, st. 5.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)