Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO MARY CHURCH TERRELL - LECTURER, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet's Biography First Line: A pioneer, she blazed a trail of light Last Line: And life's fruition is its vital dream! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Terrell, Mary Church (1863-1954) | ||||||||
A pioneer, she blazed a trail of light Through murky shadows, with a lithesome tread Unto those forums, where Hope's beams are shed: Straight through the mighty cordon of the night, Rapt with a vision, soul-born, clear and bright, Leaving the South of frigid wrong, she sped Into the North, where hearts glow warm instead, A people's tragedy to there recite. Hope's liquid pipings lift their tender lay, Morning is waking, flushed with rosy gleam, Night with its shadow winds with yesterday Adown the world-way as an inky stream, Seed time and harvest deftly interplay, And Life's fruition is its vital dream! | Other Poems of Interest...TO MARY CHURCH TERRELL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON 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 |
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