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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=477690" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>How Lucy Backslid</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way,<br>Dey 'sputin' an' dey argyin' an' fussin' night an' day;<br>An' all dis monst'ous trouble dat hit meks me tiahed to tell<br>Is 'bout dat Lucy Jackson dat was sich a mighty belle.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She was de preachah's favoured, an' he tol' de chu'ch one night<br>Dat she travelled thoo de cloud o' sin a-bearin' of a light;<br>But, now, I 'low he t'inkin' dat she mus' 'a' los' huh lamp,<br>Case Lucy done backslided an' dey trouble in de camp.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Huh daddy wants to beat huh, but huh mammy daihs him to,<br>Fu' she lookin' at de question f'om a ooman's pint o' view;<br>An' she say dat now she would n't have it diff'ent ef she could;<br>Dat huh darter only acted jes' lak any othah would.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Cose you know w'en women argy, dey is mighty easy led<br>By dey hea'ts an' don't go foolin' 'bout de reasons of de haid.<br>So huh mammy laid de law down (she ain' reckernizin' wrong),<br>But you got to mek erlowance fu' de cause dat go along.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now de cause dat made Miss Lucy fu' to th'ow huh grace away<br>I 's afeard won't baih no 'spection w'en hit come to jedgement day;<br>Do' de same t'ing been a-wo'kin' evah sence de worl' began,--<br>De ooman disobeyin' fu' to 'tice along a man.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ef you 'tended de revivals which we held de wintah pas',<br>You kin rickolec' dat convuts was a-comin' thick an' fas';<br>But dey ain't no use in talkin', dey was all lef' in de lu'ch<br>W'en ol' Mis' Jackson's dartah foun' huh peace an' tuk de chu'ch.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">W'y, she shouted ovah evah inch of Ebenezah's flo';<br>Up into de preachah's pulpit an' f'om dah down to de do';<br>Den she hugged an' squeezed huh mammy, an' she hugged an' kissed </div><div style="margin:10px 0">huh dad,<br>An' she struck out at huh sistah, people said, lak she was mad.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I has 'tended some revivals dat was lively in my day,<br>An' I 's seed folks git 'uligion in mos' evah kin' o' way;<br>But I tell you, an' you b'lieve me dat I 's speakin' true indeed,<br>Dat gal tuk huh 'ligion ha'dah dan de ha'dest yit I 's seed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Well, f'om dat, 't was 'Sistah Jackson, won't you please do dis er dat?'<br>She mus' allus sta't de singin' w'en dey 'd pass erroun' de hat,<br>An' hit seemed dey was n't nuffin' in dat chu'ch dat could go by<br>'Dout sistah Lucy Jackson had a finger in de pie.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But de sayin' mighty trufeful dat hit easiah to sail<br>W'en de sea is ca'm an' gentle dan to weathah out a gale.<br>Dat 's whut made dis ooman's trouble; ef de sto'm had kep' away,<br>She 'd 'a' had enough 'uligion fu' to lasted out huh day.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lucy went wid 'Lishy Davis, but w'en she jined chu'ch, you know<br>Dah was lots o' little places dat, of cose, she could n't go;<br>An' she had to gin up dancin' an' huh singin' an' huh play.--<br>Now hit's nachul dat sich goin's-on 'u'd drive a man away.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So, w'en Lucy got so solemn, Ike he sta'ted fu' to go<br>Wid a gal who was a sinnah an' could mek a bettah show.<br>Lucy jes' went on to meetin' lak she did n't keer a rap,<br>But my 'sperunce kep' me t'inkin dah was somep'n' gwine to drap.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fu' a gal won't let 'uligion er no othah so't o' t'ing<br>Stop huh w'en she teks a notion dat she wants a weddin' ring.<br>You kin p'omise huh de blessin's of a happy aftah life<br>(An' hit's nice to be a angel), but she 'd ravah be a wife.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">So w'en Chrismus come an' mastah gin a frolic on de lawn,<br>Did n't 'sprise me not de littlest seein' Lucy lookin' on.<br>An' I seed a wa'nin' lightnin' go a-flashin' f'om huh eye<br>Jest ez 'Lishy an' his new gal went a-gallivantin' by.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' dat Tildy, umph! she giggled, an' she gin huh dress a flirt<br>Lak de people she was passin' was ez common ez de dirt;<br>An' de minit she was dancin', w'y dat gal put on mo' aihs<br>Dan a cat a-tekin' kittens up a paih o' windin' staihs.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">She could 'fo'd to show huh sma'tness, fu' she could n't he'p but know<br>Dat wid jes' de present dancahs she was ownah of de flo';<br>But I t'ink she 'd kin' o' cooled down ef she happened on de sly<br>Fu' to noticed dat 'ere lightnin' dat I seed in Lucy's eye.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">An' she would n't been so 'stonished w'en de people gin a shout,<br>An' Lucy th'owed huh mantle back an' come a-glidin' out.<br>Some ahms was dah to tek huh an' she fluttahed down de flo'<br>Lak a feddah f'om a bedtick w'en de win' commence to blow.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Soon ez Tildy see de trouble, she jes' tu'n an' toss huh haid,<br>But seem lak she los' huh sperrit, all huh darin'ness was daid.<br>Did n't cut anothah capah nary time de blessid night;<br>But de othah one, hit looked lak could n't git enough delight.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">W'en you keeps a colt a-stan'nin' in de stable all along,<br>W'en he do git out hit 's nachul he 'll be pullin' mighty strong.<br>Ef you will tie up yo' feelin's, hyeah 's de bes' advice to tek,<br>Look out fu' an awful loosin' w'en de string dat hol's 'em brek.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Lucy's mammy groaned to see huh, an' huh pappy sto'med an' to',<br>But she kep' right on a-hol'in' to de centah of de flo'.<br>So dey went an' ast de pastoh ef he could n't mek huh quit,<br>But de tellin' of de sto'y th'owed de preachah in a fit.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Tildy Taylor chewed huh hank'cher twell she 'd chewed it in a hole,--<br>All de sinnahs was rejoicin' 'cause a lamb had lef de fol',<br>An' de las' I seed o' Lucy, she an' 'Lish was side an' side:<br>I don't blame de gal fu' dancin', an' I could n't ef I tried.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Fu' de men dat wants to ma'y ain't a-growin' 'roun' on trees,<br>An' de gal dat wants to git one sholy has to try to please.<br>Hit's a ha'd t'ing fu' a ooman fu 'to pray an' jes' set down,<br>An' to sacafice a husban' so 's to try to gain a crown.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Now, I don' say she was justified in follerin' huh plan;<br>But aldough she los' huh 'ligion, yit she sholy got de man.<br>Latah on, w'en she is suttain dat de preachah 's made 'em fas'<br>She kin jes' go back to chu'ch an' ax fu'giveness fu' de pas'!</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Paul+Laurence+Dunbar">Paul Laurence Dunbar</a><div class=q>
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Dey 'sputin' an' dey argyin' an' fussin' night an' day;
An' all dis monst'ous trouble dat hit meks me tiahed to tell
Is 'bout dat Lucy Jackson dat was sich a mighty belle.

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