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Fifty Years & Other Poems

This is a collection of poems by James Weldon Johnson. Johnson was an early civil rights activist, and this theme is the basis for many of the poems in this collection as well. This volume also contains an introduction by Brander Matthews.The first half of this volume contains poems in classical style and form, the second half of this collection is a set of "Jingles & Croons". - Summary by Carolin

Year of Publication: 1917Genres: Poetry

Running Time: 02 hours 11 minutes 52 seconds(60 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Lynda Marie Neilson, Nemo, Larry Wilson

#	Chapter Name
	Introduction by Brander Matthews Larry Wilson	5:31
	Fifty Years Lynda Marie Neilson	6:44
	To America Nemo	0:53
	O Black and Unknown Bards Lynda Marie Neilson	3:59
	O Southland Lynda Marie Neilson	2:01
	To Horace Bumstead Phil Schempf	1:07
	The Color Sergeant Nemo	1:31
	The Black Mammy Nemo	1:32
	Father, Father Abraham Phil Schempf	1:03
	Brothers Nemo	4:58
	Fragment Nemo	2:17
	The White Witch Nemo	3:23
	Mother Night Nemo	1:14
	The Young Warrior Phil Schempf	1:08
	The Glory of the Day Was in Her Face Lynda Marie Neilson	1:14
	From the Spanish of Plácido Lynda Marie Neilson	1:27
	From the Spanish Lynda Marie Neilson	0:41
	From the German of Uhland Lynda Marie Neilson	1:40
	Before a Painting Nemo	1:16
	I Hear the Stars Still Singing Larry Wilson	0:37
	Girl of Fifteen Lynda Marie Neilson	1:15
	The Suicide Nemo	1:30
	Down by the Carib Sea Lynda Marie Neilson	7:40
	The Greatest of These Is War Nemo	4:17
	A Mid-Day Dreamer Larry Wilson	1:12
	The Temptress Corey Matlak	1:35
	Ghosts of the Old Year Nemo	2:04
	The Ghost of Deacon Brown Corey Matlak	1:33
	Lazy Lynda Marie Neilson	1:59
	Omar Lynda Marie Neilson	0:39
	Deep in the Quiet Wood Larry Wilson	1:15
	Voluptas Lynda Marie Neilson	0:34
	The Word of an Engineer Lynda Marie Neilson	1:41
	Life Lynda Marie Neilson	0:45
	Sleep Lynda Marie Neilson	1:21
	Prayer at Sunrise Larry Wilson	1:23
	The Gift to Sing McKinnie Lee Sizemore	1:04
	Morning, Noon and Night Lynda Marie Neilson	1:22
	Her Eyes Twin Pools McKinnie Lee Sizemore	0:47
	The Awakening Nemo	1:16
	Beauty That Is Never Old Lynda Marie Neilson	1:14
	Venus in a Garden Lynda Marie Neilson	1:23
	Vashti Lynda Marie Neilson	5:08
	The Reward Lynda Marie Neilson	0:40
	Sence You Went Away Lynda Marie Neilson	1:32
	Ma Lady's Lips Am Like de Honey Lynda Marie Neilson	2:48
	Tunk Lynda Marie Neilson	3:47
	Nobody's Lookin' but de Owl an' de Moon Lynda Marie Neilson	2:00
	You's Sweet to Yo' Mammy Jes de Same Lynda Marie Neilson	2:07
	A Plantation Bacchanal Lynda Marie Neilson	2:20
	July in Georgy Lynda Marie Neilson	1:42
	A Banjo Song Lynda Marie Neilson	1:35
	Answer to Prayer Lynda Marie Neilson	2:23
	Dat Gal o' Mine Lynda Marie Neilson	1:34
	The Seasons Lynda Marie Neilson	1:34
	'Possum Song Lynda Marie Neilson	2:44
	Brer Rabbit, You'se de Cutes' of 'Em All Larry Wilson	2:08
	An Explanation Lynda Marie Neilson	0:56
	De Little Pickaninny's Gone to Sleep Lynda Marie Neilson	2:07
	The Rivals Lynda Marie Neilson	12:42