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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRIDE, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: To pride, upon its altar, what priceless offerings we bring
Last Line: We strive to still the heart's low cries.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect
First Line: To pride, upon its altar, what priceless offerings we bring
Last Line: We strive to still the heart's low cries.
Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
Subject(s): Pride; Self-esteem; Self-respect
To Pride, upon its altar, what priceless offerings we bring,
The one thing needful—fondest hopes, the cup of fragile joy,
The price of all the world—it's core, fanatically we give
To satisfy an inward lift—a sloganed, formal pose
Sheathed in the mantle of disguise,
We strive to still the heart's low cries.
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