The Wonderful Morning

by Fenton Johnson

When it is morning in the cornfield

I am to go and meet my Jesus

            Riding on His white horse.

When it is morning in the cornfield

I am to be there in my glory.

            Shout, my brethren! Shout, my sisters!

I am to meet the King of Morning

            Way down in the cornfield.

_{From “Two Negro Spirituals,” originally published in Poetry magazine (December 1921).}