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Rest at pale evening... A tall slim tree... Night coming tenderly Black like me

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Langston Hughes
Age: 66 †
Born: 1901
Born: February 1
Died: 1967
Died: May 22
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James Langston Hughes
James Mercer Langston Hughes
Night
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Like
Pale
Tall
Evening
Coming
Rest
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Black
Tenderly

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