This poet wrote that "High up there are no thorns to prod" in a poem that declares that "they who plod / Their rugged way, unhelped, to God / are heroes".
This poet wrote that "High up there are no thorns to prod" in a poem that declares that "they who plod / Their rugged way, unhelped, to God / are heroes". This poet paid homage to a man whose "kindness followed his horizon's rim" and who was "no miser in the good he held". This poet of "Not They Who Soar" recalled a time when "The plant of freedom upward sprung, / And spread its leaves so fresh and young" in a poem that tells its addressees: "Thy name is writ on (*) Glory's scroll / In characters of fire". He described scars that "pulse again with a keener sting" in a poem that also describes a sound that "is not a carol of joy or glee", but a prayer sung from the "heart's deep core". For 10 points each, name this Harlem Renaissance poet of Lyrics of Lowly Life, whose poem "Sympathy" contains the line "I know why the caged bird sings".
This poet wrote that "High up there are no thorns to prod" in a poem that declares that "they who plod / Their rugged way, unhelped, to God / are heroes".
Paul Laurence Dunbar