I am a thing not new, I am as old

As human nature. I am that which lurks,

As human nature. I am that which lurks,
As human nature. I am that which lurks,
Ready to spring whenever a bar is loosed;
Ready to spring whenever a bar is loosed;
The ancient trait which fights incessantly —James Weldon Johnson
The ancient trait which fights incessantly
—James Weldon Johnson

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