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FINALITY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN LOVE'S TRIUMPHANT DAY IS DONE
Last Line: AND LEAVE THE EMPTINESS TO ME.
Subject(s): LOVE - LOSS OF;
When love's triumphant day is done,
Go forward! leave me to the night
Beneath the coldly staring stars,
The waiting winter and its blight.

For I would never hold the heart
That mutely quivers to be free,
Unfurl your restless wings—away!
And leave the emptiness to me.



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