I Have A Rendezvous With Life.

We Were Not Made To Eternally Weep.

I Have A Rendezvous With Life.

Lord, Forgive Me If My Need Sometimes Shapes A Human Creed.

[w]e Have Always Resented The Natural Inclination Of Most White People To Demand Spirituals The Moment It Is Known That A Negro Is About To Sing. So Often The Request Has Seemed To Savor Of The Feeling That We Could Do This And This Alone.

Lord, I Fashion Dark Gods, Too, Daring Even To Give You Dark Despairing Features