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THE REWARD by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: NO GREATER EARTHLY BOON THAN THIS I CRAVE
Last Line: "HE SANG A SONG THAT REACHED THE HEARTS OF MEN."
Subject(s): DEATH; LOVE; SINGING & SINGERS; DEAD, THE; SONGS;
No greater earthly boon than this I crave,
That those who some day gather 'round my grave,
In place of tears, may whisper of me then,
"He sang a song that reached the hearts of men."



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