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BENEDICTION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: GO FORTH, MY SON
Last Line: THY STAR-WAYS MUST BE WON!
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS - CHILDREN;

Go forth, my son,
Winged by my heart's desire!
Great reaches, yet unknown,
Await
For your possession.
I may not, if I would,
Retrace the way with you,
My pilgrimage is through,
But life is calling you!
Fare high and far, my son,
A new day has begun,
Thy star-ways must be won!



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