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WHEN I AM DEAD by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN I AM DEAD, WITHHOLD, I PRAY, YOUR BLOOMING LEGACY
Last Line: O, IT WOULD GRIEVE ME UTTERLY, TO FIND THEM ON MY BIER!
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
When I am dead, withhold, I pray, your blooming legacy;
Beneath the willows did I bide, and they should cover me;
I longed for light and fragrance, and I sought them far and near,
O, it would grieve me utterly, to find them on my bier!



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