🔵 We Wear the Mask Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar - Summary Analysis We Wear the Mask Poem Paul Dunbar

We Wear the Mask Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar - Summary Analysis We Wear the Mask Poem by Paul Laurence Dunbar We wear the mask Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 – 1906) We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,— This debt we pay to human guile; With torn and bleeding hearts we smile, And mouth with myriad subtleties. Why should the world be over-wise, In counting all our tears and sighs? Nay, let them only see us, while We wear the mask. We smile, but, O great Christ, our cries To thee from tortured souls arise. We sing, but oh the clay is vile Beneath our feet, and long the mile; But let the world dream otherwise, We wear the mask!   / iswearenglish   http://www.iswearenglish.com/   / iswearenglish     / iswearenglish   #iswearenglish #PaulLaurenceDunbar #racism