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ELEGY FOR THE QUEEN OF SHEBA: 2 by LEOPOLD SEDAR SENGHOR

First Line: O MEMORY, MEMORY BURNING IN THE DARK BLUE NIGHT
Last Line: O MY SAGE, O MY POET, %MAKING YOUR FINGERS DANCE ON THE STRINGS OF YOUR KORA
Subject(s): NEGRITUDE (LITERARY MOVEMENT);

Poem Sources:

THE AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW, V20#6, NOVEMBER & DECEMBER /91.
  (1991)
 
THE COLLECTED POETRY. MELVIN DIXON (TR.)
  SENGHOR, LEOPOLD SEDAR
  (1991)
 



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