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LOST ILLUSIONS by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: OH, FOR THE VEILS OF MY FAR AWAY YOUTH
Last Line: [OR, SHIELDING MY HEART FROM THE BLAZE OF TRUTH!]
Subject(s): AGING; HALLUCINATIONS & ILLUSIONS; INNOCENCE;
Oh, for the veils of my far away youth,
Shielding my heart from the blaze of the truth,
Why did I stray from their shelter and grow
Into the sadness that follows - to know!

Impotent atom with desolate gaze
Threading the tumult of hazardous ways -
Oh, for the veils, for the veils of my youth
Veils, that hung low o'er the blaze of the truth!
[or, Shielding my heart from the blaze of truth!]


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