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Guardianship

by Georgia Douglas Johnson

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That dusky child upon your knee Is breath of God’s eternity; Direct his vision to the height⁠— Let naught obscure his royal right.

Although the highways to renown Are iron-barred by fortune’s frown, ’Tis his to forge the master-key That wields the locks of destiny!

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