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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
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THE GUEST, by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON Poet's Biography
First Line: I have a guest, but cannot tell
Last Line: One face, one memory, one name!
First Line: I have a guest, but cannot tell
Last Line: One face, one memory, one name!
I HAVE a guest, but cannot tell
If he were bid or sent,
Yet welcome, as by desert well
The Arab to the tent.
How long will he consent to stay
To give a reason for the day?
And if he go, can I unlearn
His songs of joy and pain?
His torch, that was so quick to burn,
How can I quench again --
That torch that lights with fadeless flame
One face, one memory, one name!
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BROWNING AT ASOLO by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
DEWEY AT MANILA [MAY 1, 1898] by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
ILLUSIONS by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
THE WISTFUL DAYS by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
A CHOPIN FANTASY (ON REMEMBRANCE OF A PRELUDE) by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
A DARK DAY by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
A LOVER'S ANSWER by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
A MEMORY OF BRITTANY by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
A MESSAGE BACK TO YOUTH by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON
A PRAYER IN THE DARK by ROBERT UNDERWOOD JOHNSON