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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,       

Which quotation from Poems most effectively illustrates the claim?

A

“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”)

B

“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”)

C

“Welcome children of the Spring, / In your garbs of green and gold, / Lifting up your sun-crowned heads / On the verdant plain and wold.” (from “Dandelions”)

D

“Only a little scrap of blue / Preserved with loving care, / But earth has not a brilliant hue / To me more bright and fair.” (from “A Little Child Shall Lead Them”)