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Poems is an 1895 collection of poetry by Frances E.W. Harper. In one of Harper's poems, the speaker declares her intention to create art that has a universal appeal across generations, saying,
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Which quotation from Poems most effectively illustrates the claim?
"Our world, so worn and weary, / Needs music, pure and strong, / To hush the jangle and discords / Of sorrow, pain, and wrong." (from "Songs for the People")
A
"Let me make the songs for the people, / Songs for the old and young; / Songs to stir like a battle-cry / Wherever they are sung." (from "Songs for the People")
B
"God bless our native land, / Land of the newly free, / Oh may she ever stand / For truth and liberty." (from "God Bless Our Native Land")
C
"My mother's kiss, my mother's kiss, / I feel its impress now; / As in the bright and happy days / She pressed it on my brow." (from "My Mother's Kiss")
D