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INNOCENCE by ANNE SPENCER

First Line: SHE TRIPPED AND FELL AGAINST A STAR
Last Line: TWAS A STAR-LANCE IN HER SIDE!
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; INNOCENCE;

She tripped and fell against a star,
A lady we all have known;
Just what the villagers lusted for
To claim her one of their own;
Fallen but once the lower felt she,
So turned her face and died, --
With never a hounding fool to see
'Twas a star-lance in her side!



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