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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REVIEW, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: I fear my power impotent Last Line: I mark love's fleeting hours pass. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Transience; Impermanence | |||
I fear my power impotent To hold you leal and full content, Some hapless look or word perchance Dispels the glamour of romance; I tremble lest some stranger fair Arrest you,—cause you to compare The meagre charms which I possess With some resplendent loveliness. How far removed from Youth's command The trembling sceptre in my hand, As miserly within the glass I mark Love's fleeting hours pass. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...FROM THE SPANISH by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHAMBER MUSIC: 17 by JAMES JOYCE SOUTHERN GOTHIC by DONALD JUSTICE THE BEACH IN AUGUST by WELDON KEES THE MAN SPLITTING WOOD IN THE DAYBREAK by GALWAY KINNELL THE SEEKONK WOODS by GALWAY KINNELL OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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