First linesJean Toomer

  1. A spray of pine-needles, Nullo
  2. African Guardian of Souls, Conversion
  3. Black reapers with the sound of steel on stones Reapers
  4. Boll-weevil’s coming, and the winter’s cold, November Cotton Flower
  5. Come, brother, come. Lets lift it; Cotton Song
  6. Full moon rising on the waters of my heart, Evening Song
  7. Hair⁠— Face
  8. Hair⁠—braided chestnut, Portrait in Georgia
  9. I am a reaper whose muscles set at sundown. All my oats are cradled. Harvest Song
  10. My body is opaque to the soul. Prayer
  11. Pour O pour that parting soul in song, Song of the Son
  12. The sky, lazily disdaining to pursue Georgia Dusk
  13. Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Storm Ending
  14. whisper of yellow globes Her Lips Are Copper Wire
  15. Within this black hive to-night Beehive

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