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BY PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR/ n( n0 u5 g9 p# E5 l. @; X# y& F1 l
We wear the mask that grins and lies,) |* P1 {5 b! G# A0 p" b; A
It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,—
: E0 p3 I- d6 H! ]! yThis debt we pay to human guile; u! p' n- i* }" M+ D0 Z
With torn and bleeding hearts we smile,7 d8 U* s# g# T# `% d
And mouth with myriad subtleties." \5 l6 y5 F& ^' T
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Why should the world be over-wise,
( i. r5 P2 K" C1 G9 |) EIn counting all our tears and sighs?
2 S! v: F/ Y; n8 DNay, let them only see us, while/ ~- t$ C1 M" e8 E
We wear the mask.
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' B: ]. Y' M9 i' S1 V$ D# e8 wWe smile, but, O great Christ, our cries; f( o: Z' L3 [ t& v) d, n
To thee from tortured souls arise.
; x) l4 W Z' MWe sing, but oh the clay is vile1 ^/ P/ B/ ^; f" n1 f8 E
Beneath our feet, and long the mile;/ G5 k0 b- ~+ c! y
But let the world dream otherwise,* I+ p5 i5 v+ i( s/ t, e# s
We wear the mask! |
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