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12018-06-06T11:22:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e11041Poem by Georgia Douglas Johnson, from "The Heart of a Woman" (1918)plain2018-06-06T11:22:53-04:00Amardeep Singhc185e79df2fca428277052b90841c4aba30044e1The peerless boon of innocence, The first in nature's list Is fading, ere the rising sun The world awake has kist.
The early dew upon the grass, The purity of morn, The glint that lies in virgin cheek. Frail cobwebs — of the dawn.