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“Though sands be black and bitter black the sea, Night lie before me and behind me night, And God within far Heaven refuse to light The consolation of the dawn for me,-- Between the shadowy burns of Heaven and Hell, It is enough love leaves my soul to dwell With memory.”

Soul Enough Light Lying Night Heaven Black Memories Behinds Hell Sea Refuse Bitter My Soul Dawn Sand Consolation Heaven And Hell Enough Love

Author:Madison Cawein

“Tis midnight now. The bend and broken moon, Batter'd and black, as from a thousand battles, Hangs silent on the purple walls of Heaven.”

Heaven Black Broken Wall Battle Thousand Moon Silent Midnight Purple Half Moon

Author:Joaquin Miller

“We are what we were at birth, and each trait has remained in conformity with earth's and with heaven's logic: Be the devil's tool, resort to black magic, None can diverge from the ends which Heaven foreordained.”

Ends Earth Heaven Black Magic Birth Devil Tools Logic Conformity Traits Resorts Black Magic

Book:Complete Poems

Source: Complete Poems

“Day is a snow-white Dove of heaven That from the East glad message brings. Night is a stealthy, evil Raven, Wrapped to the eyes in his black wings.”

Eye Night Evil Heaven Black White Messages Wings East Glad Snow Dove Ravens Snow White

Book:The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich

Source: The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich

“I jumped in the river, what did I see? Black-eyed angels swam with me A moon full of stars and astral cars And all the figures I used to see All my lovers were there with me All my past and futures And we all went to heaven in a little row boat There was nothing to fear and nothing to doubt.”

Littles Past Used Heaven Stars Black Doubt Car Figures Lovers Angel Rivers Boat My Past My Lover Radiohead Row Boats

Author:Thom Yorke

“We're going to have to debunk the myth that Africa is a heaven for black people -- especially black women. We've been the mule of the world there and the mule of the world here.”

People World Heaven Black Myth Black People Black Women Mules

Author:Alice Walker

“Be good children, and we shall all meet in Heaven. I want to meet you all, white and black, in Heaven. Our Federal Union! It must be preserved! [Toast at a celebration of Thomas Jefferson's birthday, April 13 1830]”

Want Children Heaven Black White Unions Be Good Celebration April Toasts

Author:Andrew Jackson

“The Lord who gave us Earth and Heaven Takes that as thanks for all He's given. The book he lent is given back All blotted red and smutted black.”

Book God Earth Given Heaven Black Lord Red Thanks

Book:The Collected Poems

Source: The Collected Poems

“Heaven has its business and earth has its business: those are two separate things. Heaven, that's the angels' pasture; they are happy; they don't have to fret about food and drink. And you can be sure that they have black angels to do the heavy work like laundering the clouds or sweeping the rain and cleaning the sun after a storm, while the white angels sing like nightingales all day long or blow in those little trumpets like they show in the pictures we see in church.”

Littles Long Two Shows Earth Heaven Black Church White Sun Drink Angel Rain Prejudice Clouds Blow Heavy Storm Cleaning Trumpets Sweeping Pastures Nightingales Food And Drink

Author:Jacques Roumain

“The first movie I can remember seeing was The Creature From The Black Lagoon. And, I can remember hearing a radio play of Ray Bradbury's Mars Is Heaven. And when I cut my teeth on comic books, they were not the easy ones of today like Spiderman, Superman and The Hulk. they were Tales Of The Crypt, The Vaultkeeper, and that sort of thing.”

Firsts I Can Book Play Today Remember Heaven Easy Black Cutting Seeing Creatures Radio Hearing Tales Teeth Comic Rays Mars Comic Book Bradbury Radio Plays Lagoons

Author:Stephen King

“This is what heaven's gonna be like. Not just a white church or a black church, but people.”

People Heaven Black Church White Black Church

Author:Mr. Wrestling

“If cathedrals had been universities If dungeons of the Inquisition had been laboratories If Christians had believed in character instead of creed If they had taken from the bible only that which is GOOD and thrown away the wicked and absurd If temple domes had been observatories If priests had been philosophers If missionaries had taught useful arts instead of bible lore If astrology had been astronomy If the black arts had been chemistry If superstition had been science If religion had been humanity The world then would be a heaven filled with love, and liberty and joy”