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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ESTRANGEMENT, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Some day I shall be dead, and pride
Last Line: Above—where daisies nod?
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Death; Love - Complaints; Dead, The
First Line: Some day I shall be dead, and pride
Last Line: Above—where daisies nod?
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Death; Love - Complaints; Dead, The
Some day I shall be dead, and pride
Which kept me from your feet,
Shall be the burden of the song
My cold lips shall repeat.
And some day when you too shall find
A pillow in the sod,
Would you then spurn an hour with me
Above—where daisies nod?
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