Caroling Dusk/Fantasy in Purple

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Caroling Dusk (1927)
edited by Countee Cullen

Fantasy in Purple by Langston Hughes

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Langston Hughes4756016Caroling Dusk — Fantasy in Purple1927Countee Cullen

FANTASY IN PURPLE^[1]

Beat the drums of tragedy for me.Beat the drums of tragedy and death.And let the choir sing a stormy songTo drown the rattle of my dying breath.

Beat the drums of tragedy for me,And let the white violins whir thin and slow,But blow one blaring trumpet note of sunTo go with meto the darknesswhere I go.

↑ By permission of and special arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., authorized publishers.

[1] By permission of and special arrangement with Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., authorized publishers.

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