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Caroling Dusk/I Weep

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Angelina Weld Grimké4747727Caroling Dusk — I Weep1927Countee Cullen

I WEEP

    —I weep—Not as the young do noisily,Not as the aged rustily,  But quietly.Drop by drop the great tearsSplash upon my hands,And save you saw them shine,  You would not know   I wept.