live in the sunlight
glad – know the day – that one might
dream in the shadows
Adapted from: That One Might Live in the Sunlight Glad by William H.A. Moore as published in “The Crisis” 1910-1926
That one might live in the sunlight glad
And know the day;
That one might dream in the shadows
And love alway.
To love and to live and to know,
To feel the sea’s strength and sea’s flow,
That one might sleep while the heart is mad
And sorrow play!
that one might speak when the soul’s athirst
And hear the cry;
That one might feel when the heart has burst
And love the why.
O to speak and to feel and to know,
O to love the wind’s strength and wind’s blow,
That one might walk with the sorrows first,
Nor weep, nor sigh!
O to know and to love and to live,
O to speak and hear and to give,
Nor fear to die!
According to the short bio in The book of American Negro poetry (New York: Harcourt, Brace, 1922) edited by James Weldon Johnson (who, according to a note on the dust jacket, Compiled this work because it was his belief that a group of people is not known) William W. H . Moore was born in New York City and received his education in the public schools and at the City College. He also did some special work at Columbia University. He has had a long career as a newspaper man, working on both white and colored publications. He now lives in Chicago. He is the author of Dusk Songs, a volume of poems.
This snippet is the basis of any and every mention or biography of Mr. Moore in the online world.
I also came across one discussion of Mr. Moore where the someone posted that they had searched for Dusk Songs every where they could think of with no success.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.
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