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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOOK WITHIN, by CLAUDE MCKAY Poem Explanation Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Lord, let me not be silent while we fight Last Line: While worm-infested, rotten through within! Alternate Author Name(s): Edwards, Eli Subject(s): Fascism & Fascists; Racism; United States; World War Ii; Racial Prejudice; Bigotry; America; Second World War | |||
Lord, let me not be silent while we fight In Europe Germans, Asia Japanese For setting up a Fascist way of might While fifteen million Negroes on their knees Pray for salvation from the Fascist yoke Of these United States. Remove the beam (Nearly two thousand years since Jesus spoke) From your own eyes before the mote you deem It proper from your neighbor's to retract! We bathe our lives in vapors of sweet myrrh, And close our eyes not to perceive the fact! But Jesus said: You white sepulcher, Pretending to be uncorrupt of sin, While worm-infested, rotten through within! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...PORT OF EMBARKATION by RANDALL JARRELL GREATER GRANDEUR by ROBINSON JEFFERS FAMILY GROUP by ARCHIBALD MACLEISH THE BRITISH COUNTRYSIDE IN PICTURES by JAMES MCMICHAEL READING MY POEMS FROM WORLD WAR II by WILLIAM MEREDITH |
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