Arts & Sciences
The Reward
From Fifty Years & Other Poems (1917)
Arts & Sciences
No greater earthly boon than this I crave,
That those who some day gather 'round my grave,
In place of tears, may whisper of me then,
"He sang a song that reached the hearts of men."
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MLA
Johnson, James Weldon. “The Reward.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_jw/44/.
Chicago
Johnson, James Weldon. “The Reward.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/johnson_jw/44/.
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