One seed becomes An everlasting song, a singing tree, Carol… - Jean Toomer

" "
One seed becomes
An everlasting song, a singing tree,
Caroling softly souls of slavery,
What they were, and what they are to me,
Caroling softly souls of slavery.

Jean Toomer

Sources available for members. Sign up free to see where this quote comes from

English

Collect this quote

About Jean Toomer

Jean Toomer (December 26, 1894 – March 30, 1967) was an American poet and novelist and an important figure of the Harlem Renaissance.

Also Known As

Alternative Names: Eugene Pinchback Toomer

All quotes from Jean Toomer Similar Quotes by other Originators

Additional quotes by Jean Toomer

And there, a field rat, startled, squealing bleeds,
His belly close to ground. I see the blade,
Blood-stained, continue cutting weeds and shade

Superstition saw
Something it had never seen before:
Brown eyes that loved without a trace of fear,
Beauty so sudden for that time of year.

O singers, resinous and soft your songs
Above the sacred whisper of the pines,
Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,
Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.

One seed becomes An everlasting song, a singing tree, Caroling softly souls of slavery, What they were, and what they are to me, Caroling softly soul… - Jean Toomer

About Jean Toomer

Also Known As

Additional quotes by Jean Toomer