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O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.

Jean Toomer
Dream, Giving, Singers
Jean Toomer (1988). “The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer”, p.27, UNC Press Books
O singers, resinous and soft your songsAbove the sacred whisper of the pines,Give virgin lips to cornfield concubines,Bring dreams of Christ to dusky cane-lipped throngs.