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Harriet Monroe, ed. (1860–1936). The New Poetry: An Anthology. 1917.

The Wonderful Morning

Fenton Johnson

From “Two Negro Spirituals”

WHEN it is morning in the cornfield

I am to go and meet my Jesus

Riding on His white horse.

When it is morning in the cornfield

I am to be there in my glory.

Shout, my brethren! Shout, my sisters!

I am to meet the King of Morning

Way down in the cornfield.