FIFTY YEARS
& OTHER POEMS

By

JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

with introduction by

BRANDER MATTHEWS

THIS volume includes the poem "Fifty Years" so widely quoted and and admired when it was published in *The New York Times* four years ago. Mr. Johnson sings of a variety of themes with the same unerring touch as in the titular poem. There is a group devoted to Latin-American life called "Down by the Carib Sea," and a group of "Folk Runes," pieces in dialect of the pathetic and humorous aspect of Negro life.

Mr. Johnson's poetic ability has merited the recognition of Braithwaite's

"Anthology of Magazine Verse," his poem "The White Witch" being included in the 1915 issue.

"It is a striking thing."—Theodore Roosevelt.

"There is a feeling in it and rhythm and dignity. I am glad I have read it."—Elihu Root.

"I have read the thrilling verses entitled 'Fifty Years' and cannot forbear expressing my delight in them. They have all the swing and rhythm of some of Kipling's most stirring imperialistic verses and are not marred, as many of his are, by a grossly materialistic philosophy."—Elbridge L. Adams.

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