# Epigraph explained — A Voice from the South

> Chapter companion for A Voice from the South by Anna Julia Cooper.

## What happens

The epigraph reflects on a forgotten song, acknowledging uncertainty about its continued existence while affirming its fundamental honesty.

## Key lines

> With regret I forget If the song be living yet, Yet remember, vaguely now, It was honest, anyhow .

I regretfully cannot recall whether the song still exists, but I vaguely remember that it was honest.

_The epigraph muses on the impermanence of art while valuing its integrity._

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