Selected Poems by Claude McKay

Author:Claude McKay [McKay, Claude]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780486147642
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2012-10-23T00:00:00+00:00

You have betrayed the black, maligned the yellow;

But what else could we hope of you who set

The hand even of your own against his fellow;

To stem the dire tide that threatens yet?

You called upon the name of your false god

To lash our wounded flesh with knotted cords

And trample us into the blood-stained sod,

And justified your deeds with specious words:

Oh! you have proved unworthy of your trust,

And God shall humble you down to the dust.

The pain you gave us nothing can assuage,

Who hybridized a proud and virile race,

Bequeathed to it a bastard heritage

And made the black ashamed to see his face.

You ruined him, put doubt into his heart,

You set a sword between him and his kin,

And preached to him, with simple, lying art

About the higher worth of your white skin!

Oh White Man! You have trifled with your trust,

And God shall humble you down to the dust.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.