lifted his eye?" He understands that the burden of living as slaves without the ability to strive for personal gain in the material world would cause most individuals to continue to look down and pity their lot or become angry and full of hatred.
But the songs this speaker cherishes reveal souls that looked to God and the spirit for sustenance--not blaming fellow human beings for their lot, but drawing closer to their own soul and their Maker through the music they created.
from Linda Sue Grimes: Suite101.com: James Weldon Johnson's O Black and Unknown Bards
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