Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEVASTATION, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O love, you have shorn me, and rifled my heart Last Line: That breaks as the plaint of a sorrowing child. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Love - Complaints | ||||||||
O love, you have shorn me, and rifled my heart, You have torn down the shrine from the innermost part, And through it now rushes a grief, sadly-wild, That breaks as the plaint of a sorrowing child. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TALKING RICHARD WILSON BLUES, BY RICHARD CLAY WILSON by DENIS JOHNSON THE BRIDGE by ALEXANDER ANDERSON THE RABBI'S SON-IN-LAW by SABINE BARING-GOULD MISGIVINGS by WILLIAM MATTHEWS THROUGH AGONY: 1 by CLAUDE MCKAY HEMATITE HEIRLOOM LIVES ON (MAYBE DECEMBER 1980) by ALICE NOTLEY QUICK AND BITTER by YEHUDA AMICHAI OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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