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PROMISE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: THROUGH THE MOIL AND THE GLOOM THEY HAVE ISSUED
Last Line: THE GLEAM OF A BRIGHT MORNING STAR!
Subject(s): HOPE; OPTIMISM;
Through the moil and the gloom they have issued
To the steps of the upwinding hill,
Where the sweet, dulcet pipes of tomorrow
In their preluding rhapsodies trill.

With a thud comes a stir in the bosom,
As there steals on the sight from afar,
Through a break of a cloud's coiling shadow
The gleam of a bright morning star!



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