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19th century African-American America American American Poetry Georgia Douglas Johnson Harlem Renaissance Uncategorized women poets

“Quest” by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 – 1966)


Quest

The phantom happiness I sought
   O’er every crag and moor;
I paused at every postern gate,
   And knocked at every door;
In vain I searched the land and sea,
   E’en to the inmost core,
The curtains of eternal night
   Descend—my search is o’er.

By TDarris

Thinker. Reader. Writer--- of, and about, a plethora of things.

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