Georgia Douglas Johnson
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"Georgia Blanche Douglas Camp Johnson", better known as "Georgia Douglas Johnson", was an United States/American poet, one of the earliest African-American female playwrights, and a member of the Harlem Renaissance.

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I've learned of life this bitter truth/ Hope not between the crumbling walls Of mankind's gratitude to find repose,/ But rather,/ Build within thy own soul/ Fortresses!

I battered the cordons around me/ And cradled my wings on the breeze,/ Then soared to the uttermost reaches/ With rapture, with power, with ease!

Rise with the hour for which you were made.