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Langston Hughes - The Negro Speaks Of RiversLangston Hughes - The Negro Speaks Of Rivers
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I`ve known rivers: I`ve known rivers ancient as the world and older than the     flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. I bathed in the Euphrates when dawns were young. I built my hut near the Congo and it lulled me to sleep. I looked upon the Nile and raised the pyramids above it. I heard the singing of the Mississippi when Abe Lincoln     went down to New Orleans, and I`ve seen its muddy     bosom turn all golden in the sunset. I`ve known rivers: Ancient, dusky rivers. My soul has grown deep like the rivers.
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