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— Umberto Saba

a. || P. Foà, G. A. Levi, R. Murri, R.

x Tr ) Assagioli, M. Grassini-Sarfatti, G.

Le suffragiste militanti || Papini, G. Amendola, M. Labor ela

di Isaac Zangwill (trad. Margherita Sar- || relazione del Congresso di Firenze.

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In counting all our tears and sighs?

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Countee Cullen·1903–1946·Harlem Renaissance

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ay, let them only see us, whileWe wear the mask. We smile, but, O great Christ, our criesTo thee from tortured souls arise.We sing, but oh the clay is vileBeneath our feet, and long the mile;But let the world dream otherwise,We wear the mask!

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