Poem by James Weldon Johnson

Her Eyes Twin Pools

Her eyes, twin pools of mystic light,
The blend of star-sheen and black night;
O'er which, to sound their glamouring haze,
A man might bend, and vainly gaze.

Her eyes, twin pools so dark and deep,
In which life's ancient mysteries sleep;
Wherein, to seek the quested goal,
A man might plunge, and lose his soul.

1. A Plantation Bacchanal
2. The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face
3. Brer Rabbit, You's de Cutes' of 'Em All
4. The Word of an Engineer
5. You's Sweet to Yo' Mammy Jes de Same

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