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PROVING by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: WERE YOU A LEPER BATHED IN WOUNDS
Last Line: ITS IMPETUS AND GOAL!
Subject(s): LOVE;
Were you a leper bathed in wounds
And by the world denied,
I'd share your fatal exile
As a privilege, with pride.

You are the very sun, the moon,
The starlight of my soul,
The sounding motif of my heart
Its impetus and goal!



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