James Weldon Johnson: Zitate auf Englisch
Father, Father Abraham, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
O Black and Unknown Bards, st. 2.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, ch. 10.
And the Greatest of These is War.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
“The glory of the day was in her face,
The beauty of the night was in her eyes.”
The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face, st. 1 (1917).
The Autobiography of an Ex-Colored Man, ch. 2 (1912).
To America, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
Lazy, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
Brothers, st. 3.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
“And God stepped out on space,
And He looked around and said,
"I'm lonely—
I'll make me a world."”
The Creation, st. 1.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
“With his head in his hands,
God thought and thought,
Till he thought: I'll make me a man!”
The Creation, st. 10.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
The Creation, st. 11.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
The Creation, st. 6.
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.”
Go Down, Death, st. 5.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
Mother Night, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
O Black and Unknown Bards, st. 1.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
“Young man—Young man—Your arm’s too short to box with God.”
The Prodigal Son.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
“And God smiled again,
And the rainbow appeared,
And curled itself around his shoulder.”
The Creation, st. 7.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
O Black and Unknown Bards, st. 6.
Fifty Years and Other Poems (1917)
