"Song for a Dark Girl" (l. 1-4), from Fine Clothes to the Jew (1927)
“
Way Down South in Dixie
(Break the heart of me)
They hung my black young lover
To a cross roads tree.
— Langston Hughes
What It Means
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(Break the heart of me)
They hung my black young lover
To a cross roads tree." in the context of ""Song for a Dark Girl" (l. 1-4), from Fine Clothes to the Jew (1927)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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About Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes (1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, social activist and newspaper columnist.
About Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes (1 February 1902 – 22 May 1967) was an American poet, novelist, playwright, social activist and newspaper columnist.
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