Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VOLUPTAS, by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON



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First Line: To chase a never-reached mirage
Last Line: Its green and watered strand.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


To chase a never-reached mirage
Across the hot, white sand,
And choke and die, while gazing on
Its green and watered strand.





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