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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
I WANT TO LIVE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I shall be all too still some day Last Line: My bit of ashes to the dust. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Carpe Diem | |||
I shall be all too still some day But now I choose an equal chance To strum the scale of ecstasy And sound the gamut of romance. I seek no cushioned way to love I want to suffer, if I must To be consumed, and then to give My bit of ashes to the dust. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMOUR by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON BUT NOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON GLAMOUR 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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