I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older th…

Langston Hughes
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I've known rivers: I've known rivers ancient as the world and older than the flow of human blood in human veins. My soul has grown deep like the rivers. ✨ The Negro Speaks of Rivers l. 1 (1921)
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