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THE SAND-MAN by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

First Line: I KNOW A MAN
Last Line: WE KNOW THE SAND-MAN'S COME.
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
I KNOW a man
With face of tan,
But who is ever kind;
Whom girls and boys
Leaves games and toys
Each eventide to find.

When day grows dim,
They watch for him,
He comes to place his claim;
He wears the crown
Of Dreaming-town;
The sand-man is his name.

When sparkling eyes
Troop sleepywise
And busy lips grow dumb;
When little heads
Nod toward the beds,
We know the sand-man's come.



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