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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GLAMOUR, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O come while youth's bright rosy veil Last Line: For soon, too soon, we see! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Carpe Diem | |||
O come while youth's bright rosy veil Beguiles your eyes and mine, Let's tread the asphodel of bliss, And drink life's magic wine: Soon time will rend the gossamer, To wisdom's cruelty, While we are blind, my love, be kind, For soon, too soon, we see! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMOUR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BUT NOW 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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