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Poem by James Weldon Johnson


Voluptas


    To chase a never-reached mirage
    Across the hot, white sand,
    And choke and die, while gazing on
    Its green and watered strand.



James Weldon Johnson


James Weldon Johnson's other poems:
  1. Brer Rabbit, You's de Cutes' of 'Em All
  2. Sence You Went Away
  3. A Plantation Bacchanal
  4. Answer to Prayer
  5. An Explanation


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