Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN LOVE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON



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First Line: I lived in hell the other day
Last Line: With tears upon my pillows yet.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Love


I lived in Hell the other day
Its fires wrapt me angrily,
But now their horrors fall and fade
Like ghosts that memory has made.

I lived in Hell even today,
How swift the fierce flames die away—
Submerged with kisses, I forget,
With tears upon my pillows yet.





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