Her Eyes Twin Pools
Her Eyes Twin Pools is a beautifully written short love poem of how a man can easily loose himself gazing into the eyes of the woman he loves.
Her Eyes Twin Pools
by James Weldon Johnson
Her eyes, twin pools of mystic light,
The blend of star-sheen and black night;
O'er which, to sound their glamouring haze,
A man might bend, and vainly gaze.
Her eyes, twin pools so dark and deep,
In which life's ancient mysteries sleep;
Wherein, to seek the quested goal,
A man might plunge, and lose his soul.
~James Weldon Johnson (1871 - 1938)
From Fifty Years & Other Poems | The Cornhill Company, 1917
Johnson as an American author, politician, critic, journalist, poet, anthropologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, early civil rights activist, and prominent figure in the Harlem Renaissance.
Johnson is best remembered for his writing, which includes novels, poems, and collections of folklore. He was also one of the first African-American professors at New York University. Later in life he was a Professor of Creative Literature and Writing at Fisk University.
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