Oh some I know! I have embalmed the days, Even the sacred m… - Claude McKay

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Oh some I know! I have embalmed the days,
Even the sacred moments when we played,
All innocent of passion, uncorrupt,
At noon and evening in the flame-heart’s shade.

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

Oh, I must keep my heart inviolate
Against the potent poison of your hate.

Like men we’ll face the murderous, cowardly pack,
Pressed to the wall, dying, but fighting back!

Oh some I know! I have embalmed the days, Even the sacred moments when we played, All innocent of passion, uncorrupt, At noon and evening in the flam… - Claude McKay

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