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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REBELLION, by JOSEPHINE WINSLOW JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: I am tired of being patient, I am tired of resignation
Last Line: Let us once, o soul, taste fullness, though that fullness should destroy!
Subject(s): Revolutions
First Line: I am tired of being patient, I am tired of resignation
Last Line: Let us once, o soul, taste fullness, though that fullness should destroy!
Subject(s): Revolutions
I am tired of being patient, I am tired of resignation,
I am sick to death of waiting for a joy that never comes,
I am tired of stingy half-loaves, I am tired of imitation,
I am tired of tasting other people's crumbs.
Let us once, O soul, be truthful, let us fling aside concealment
While we take our fill of sorrow as we never could of joy!
It is genuine, abundant. It is ours, and not another's.
Let us once, O soul, taste fullness, though that fullness should destroy!
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