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VOLUPTAS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: TO CHASE A NEVER-REACHED MIRAGE
Last Line: ITS GREEN AND WATERED STRAND.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
To chase a never-reached mirage
Across the hot, white sand,
And choke and die, while gazing on
Its green and watered strand.



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