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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON - LAWYER, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Quite firmly did you stand, and unafraid Last Line: To rally in the tents of those you led. Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Johnson, Henry Lincoln | |||
Quite firmly did you stand, and unafraid Before that haughty bar that sought to hold You fettered, lest you strengthen and grow bold To break a clearing through that fetid glade Which their benighted prejudice had made; They taunted you with darkling hints of gold, Preferring you were bought as you had sold, They weaved their webs like spiders in the shade. But as a giant in the falling night Of storm, you forged afore with ruthless tread, To offer up your heart's blood in the fight, Forgetting self, unmindful, unafraid, Nor pausing until thrice acclaimed the right To rally in the tents of those you led. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONG OF THE SINNER by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE MEASURE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE RETURN (1) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON WELT by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ONE OF THE LEAST OF THESE, MY LITTLE ONE' by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A BIT OF SKY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A DIM DOORWAY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A PARADOX by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON A SONG OF COURAGE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON AFTERGLOW by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ALIENS (TO YOU - EVERYWHERE! DEDICATED) by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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