Pilot Frederick Brown

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    “The river knows the way to the sea;
    Without a pilot it runs and falls,
    Blessing all lands with its charity.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “But since ‘tis only Fred,
    Who was alive and is dead,
    There’s no more to be said.”
    —Unknown. On Prince Frederick (l. 11–13)

    “Oh, little brown girl, born for sorrow’s mate,
    Keep all you have of queenliness,
    Forgetting that you once were slave,
    And let your full lips laugh at Fate!”
    —Gwendolyn B. Bennett (1902–1981)