Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow/The Awakening

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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THE AWAKENING

I DID not know that life could be so sweet, I did not know the hours could speed so fleet,Till I knew you, and life was sweet again.The days grew brief with love and lack of  pain—

I was a slave a few short days ago,The powers of Kings and Princes now I know;I would not be again in bondage, saveI had your smile, the liberty I crave.