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Soul’s Easter

by Georgia Douglas Johnson

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Something has died when the lily lifts The shaft of its God-turned head, Something has faded and perished that now Lies under the lily’s door dead.

Something has died when the heart exhales Its attar of roses rare; Bow at the tomb when the soul leaps forth A flame on the midnight air!

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