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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BUT NOW, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMOUR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GLAMOUR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON I WANT TO LIVE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON UNDER A PATCHED SAIL by MARIANNE MOORE HORACE TO LEUCONOE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON EPITAPH: FOR ONE WHO GAILY SOWED HIS OATS by COUNTEE CULLEN A BOOK OF AIRS: SONG 2 by THOMAS CAMPION OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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