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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROVING, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Were you a leper bathed in wounds
Last Line: Its impetus and goal!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Love
First Line: Were you a leper bathed in wounds
Last Line: Its impetus and goal!
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Love
Were you a leper bathed in wounds
And by the world denied,
I'd share your fatal exile
As a privilege, with pride.
You are the very sun, the moon,
The starlight of my soul,
The sounding motif of my heart
Its impetus and goal!
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