Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, BUT NOW, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON


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First Line: I shall be lonely in my grave
Last Line: And leave destiny to chance.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Carpe Diem


I shall be lonely in my grave
Where willows cast their slender shade
Above me.
But now I crave
Response for which my heart was made.

For I shall cease to sing some day
But now I want to leap and dance
And in some wild-wood lose my way
And leave destiny to chance.





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