First Line: IN THE SILENCE AND THE DARK Last Line: EVEN NOW THE DAWN APPEARS! Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; AFRICAN AMERICANS - WOMEN; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS;
In the silence and the dark I fought with dragons; I was battered, beaten sore But rose again; On my knees I fought still rising In my pain: In the dark I fought with dragons. Weary tears Cease your flowing, Even now the dawn appears!
