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To: cripplecreek

Sad when sarcasm is the only voice of reason.


4 posted on 02/14/2015 7:15:39 PM PST by Cold Heart
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To: Cold Heart

A Phyllis Wheatley poem. (Wheatley was a famous poet and slave who spoke of being saved from Africa)

Twas mercy brought me from my Pagan land,
Taught my benighted soul to understand
That there’s a God, that there’s a Saviour too:
Once I redemption neither sought nor knew.
Some view our sable race with scornful eye,
“Their colour is a diabolic dye.”
Remember, Christians, Negroes, black as Cain,
May be refin’d, and join th’ angelic train.


5 posted on 02/14/2015 7:19:34 PM PST by cripplecreek ("For by wise guidance you can wage your war")
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