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The Quadroon


Daughter of Twilight,
Mothered of Midnight,
Fathered of Daylight and Dawn;
   Shadow of a Sunlight,
   Shimmering Starlight,
   Sister of Forest and Fawn!
Maid of a Morrow,
Mistress of Sorrow,
Mingled of Mourning and Mirth;
   Born of World Brotherhood,
   Crowned of all Motherhood,
   Beauty of Heaven and Earth!

Written by W.E.B. Du Bois (1868-1963)

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