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The Weary Blues

by Langston Hughes

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  1. 1Dedication
  2. 2Introducing Langston Hughes to the Reader
  3. 3II
  4. 4Proem
  5. 5The Weary Blues
  6. 6Jazzonia
  7. 7Negro Dancers
  8. 8The Cat and the Saxophone (2 A.M.)
  9. 9Young Singer — Cabaret
  10. 10To Midnight Nan at Leroy’s
  11. 11To a Little Lover-Lass, Dead
  12. 12Harlem Night Club
  13. 13Nude Young Dancer
  14. 14Young Prostitute · To a Black Dancer in “The Little Savoy” — Song f…
  15. 15Blues Fantasy
  16. 16Lenox Avenue: Midnight
  17. 17Dream Variations
  18. 18Winter Moon — Poème D’Automne
  19. 19Fantasy in Purple
  20. 20March Moon
  21. 21Joy
  22. 22The Negro Speaks of Rivers
  23. 23Cross
  24. 24The Jester
  25. 25The South
  26. 26As I Grew Older
  27. 27Poem
  28. 28Black Pierrot
  29. 29Harlem Night Song
  30. 30Songs to the Dark Virgin
  31. 31Ardella — Poem
  32. 32When Sue Wears Red
  33. 33Pierrot
  34. 34Water Front Streets
  35. 35A Farewell
  36. 36Long Trip
  37. 37Port Town
  38. 38Sea Calm · Caribbean Sunset — Young Sailor
  39. 39Seascape
  40. 40Natcha
  41. 41Sea Charm
  42. 42Death of an Old Seaman
  43. 43Shadows in the Sun
  44. 44Troubled Woman · Suicide’s Note · Sick Room — Soledad
  45. 45To the Dark Mercedes of “El Palacio de Amor”
  46. 46Mexican Market Woman — After Many Springs
  47. 47Young Bride
  48. 48The Dream Keeper · Poem — Our Land
  49. 49Lament for Dark Peoples
  50. 50Afraid — Poem
  51. 51Summer Night
  52. 52Disillusion
  53. 53Danse Africaine
  54. 54The White Ones
  55. 55Mother to Son
  56. 56Poem — Epilogue

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