If we must die, O let us nobly die, So that our precious bl… - Claude McKay

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If we must die, O let us nobly die,
So that our precious blood may not be shed
In vain; then even the monsters we defy
Shall be constrained to honor us though dead!

Claude McKay

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Claude McKay (September 15, 1889 – May 22, 1948) was a writer and poet, who was a seminal figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

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Alternative Names: Hugh Hope • Festus Claudius McKay • C. E. Edwards

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The wine-flushed, bold-eyed boys, and even the girls,
Devoured her with their eager, passionate gaze;
But looking at her falsely-smiling face,
I knew her self was not in that strange place.

And, hungry for the old, familiar ways,
I turned aside and bowed my head and wept.

I know the dark delight of being strange,
The penalty of difference in the crowd,
The loneliness of wisdom among fools

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