So I got a pair of glasses, And straight to work I went, And never stopped till I could read The hymns and Testament.
Chloe — Learning to Read (Frances Ellen Watkins Harper)
Where these words come from
- 95% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Learning to Read; Dramatic poetic speaker recalls learning to read at around sixty after enslavement; source text retains dialect elsewhere.
- Learning to Read
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