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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INDIAN GIVER, by JOSEPHINE WINSLOW JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: Life, you have taken all you ever gave me
Last Line: You cannot take away your gift of death!
Subject(s): Death; Life; Native Americans; Dead, The; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America
First Line: Life, you have taken all you ever gave me
Last Line: You cannot take away your gift of death!
Subject(s): Death; Life; Native Americans; Dead, The; Indians Of America; American Indians; Indians Of South America
Life, you have taken all you ever gave me,
Against your might my strength could not avail;
Laughter and youth and love, you snatched them fiercely.
Freedom and joy went down beneath your flail.
Faith in my fellow man you would not leave me,
And then, because I would not kiss your rod,
You sought of all your gifts the one most cherished,
And so you took away my faith in God.
Now I am empty-handed but undaunted,
I cry defiance with my latest breath.
Oh Life, have you forgotten in your triumph?
You cannot take away your gift of death!
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