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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WHEN I AM DEAD, by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: When I am dead, withhold, I pray, your blooming legacy Last Line: O, it would grieve me utterly, to find them on my bier! Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
When I am dead, withhold, I pray, your blooming legacy; Beneath the willows did I bide, and they should cover me; I longed for light and fragrance, and I sought them far and near, O, it would grieve me utterly, to find them on my bier! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND OLD BLACK MEN by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON |
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