| James Weldon Johnson, ed. (1871–1938). The Book of American Negro Poetry. 1922. |
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| Del Cascar |
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| DEL CASCAR, Del Cascar, | |
| Stood upon a flaming star, | |
| Stood, and let his feet hang down | |
| Till in China the toes turned brown. | |
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| And he reached his fingers over | 5 |
| The rim of the sea, like sails from Dover, | |
| And caught a Mandarin at prayer, | |
| And tickled his nose in Orion’s hair. | |
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| The sun went down through crimson bars, | |
| And left his blind face battered with stars— | 10 |
| But the brown toes in China kept | |
| Hot the tears Del Cascar wept. | |
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