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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROVING, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Were you a leper bathed in wounds Last Line: Its impetus and goal! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Love | |||
Were you a leper bathed in wounds And by the world denied, I'd share your fatal exile As a privilege, with pride. You are the very sun, the moon, The starlight of my soul, The sounding motif of my heart Its impetus and goal! | 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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