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The Barrier

I must not gaze at them although  Your eyes are dawning day;

I must not watch you as you go  Your sun-illumined way;

I hear but I must never heed  The fascinating note,

Which, fluting like a river reed,  Comes from your trembing throat;

I must not see upon your face  Love's softly glowing spark;

For there's the barrier of race,  You're fair and I am dark.

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Claude McKay

Festus Claudius "Claude" McKay (September 15, 1889[1] – May 22, 1948) was a Jamaican writer and poet, and was a central figure in the Harlem Ren…

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