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DRAMATISTS > poet, artist > Gwendolyn Bennett
Oh, stir the...
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Oh, stir the lucid waters of thy sleep
And coin for me a tale
Of happy loves and gems and joyous limbs
And hearts where love is sweet!
Source: Lines Written at the Grave of Alexandre Dumas; found at www.nku.edu/~diesmanj/bennett.html
-- Gwendolyn Bennett, (Jul 8 1902-1981), US poet, artist; Her poetry reflected themes of the New Negro Era -- racial pride, rediscovery of Africa, celebration of blackness.