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THE BLACK MAN'S LAMENT.
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PLANTING.




When we have dug sufficient space,
The bright-eye top[1] of many a cane,
Lengthways, we in the trenches place,
And then we trenches dig again.



  1. The top shoots are full of eyes, or gems, as they are called.