To the White Fiends

Robert Owens, Claude McKay

Think you I am not fiend and savage too?
Think you I could not arm me with a gun
And shoot down ten of you for every one
Of my black brothers murdered, burnt by you?
Be not deceived, for every deed you do
I could match -- out-match: am I not Africa's son
Black of that black land where black deeds are done?

But the Almighty from the darkness drew
My soul and said: Even thou shaft be a light
Awhile to burn on the benighted earth
Thy dusky face I set among the white
For thee to prove thyself of highest worth;
Before the world is swallowed up in night
To show thy little lamp: go forth, go forth!

Trivia about the song To the White Fiends by Robert Owens

When was the song “To the White Fiends” released by Robert Owens?
The song To the White Fiends was released in 1988, on the album “3 Songs for Baritone and Piano, Op. 41”.
Who composed the song “To the White Fiends” by Robert Owens?
The song “To the White Fiends” by Robert Owens was composed by Robert Owens, Claude McKay.

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