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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A SONG OF COURAGE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Brave as a lion I must be Last Line: I sense it tho my sight is dim. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Courage; Valor; Bravery | |||
Brave as a lion I must be To face this jeering world With my black face and rugged hair, When every lip is curled In bold derision as I pass A shadow on the looking glass. Braver than lions must I be To give to child of mine A heritage of certain scorn, A place amid the swine And bind him over to the sod— A tethered exile sorrow shod. Braver than all the brave must be The race of men I bear, Forged in the furnaces of hell And wrought to iron there. The future years have need of them I sense it tho my sight is dim. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNLESS IT WAS COURAGE by MARVIN BELL THE QUALITY OF COURAGE by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ON THE OREGON COAST; FOR WILLIAM STAFFORD by ROBERT BLY WORDS WITH WALLACE STEVENS by ROBERT BLY BUFFALO CLOUDS OVER THE MAESTRO HOON by NORMAN DUBIE THE AUDACIOUS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON OH, THE WATER by DORIANNE LAUX OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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