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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN LOVE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I lived in hell the other day Last Line: With tears upon my pillows yet. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Love | |||
I lived in Hell the other day Its fires wrapt me angrily, But now their horrors fall and fade Like ghosts that memory has made. I lived in Hell even today, How swift the fierce flames die away— Submerged with kisses, I forget, With tears upon my pillows yet. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE INVENTION OF LOVE by MATTHEA HARVEY TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS A LOVE FOR FOUR VOICES: HOMAGE TO FRANZ JOSEPH HAYDN by ANTHONY HECHT AN OFFERING FOR PATRICIA by ANTHONY HECHT LATE AFTERNOON: THE ONSLAUGHT OF LOVE by ANTHONY HECHT A SWEETENING ALL AROUND ME AS IT FALLS by JANE HIRSHFIELD OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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