The Souls of Black Folk · ¶387
“. . . bear the whips and scorns of time, The oppressor’s wrong, the proud man’s contumely, The pangs of despised love, the law’s delay, The insolence of office, and the spurns That patient merit of the unworthy takes,”—Read in context ›
Project Gutenberg ebook 408
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