TREASURE (1), by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSONPoet AnalysisPoet's Biography
First Line: What matters though love's dream shall pass Last Line: Encircled by love's afterglow? Alternate Author Name(s): Tremaine, John
What matters though love's dream shall pass, Since from the throbbing hour-glass One golden-throated moment prest Its attared incense to my breast.
Since I have known the purple gleam That lifts above me—can I deem The way unlighted—when I go Encircled by love's afterglow?
