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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OLD BLACK MEN, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: They have dreamed as young men dream
Last Line: As though they did not care.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks
First Line: They have dreamed as young men dream
Last Line: As though they did not care.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks
They have dreamed as young men dream
Of glory, love and power;
They have hoped as youth will hope
Of life's sun-minted hour.
They have seen as others saw
Their bubbles burst in air,
And they have learned to live it down.
As though they did not care.
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