Voluptas
To chase a never-reached mirage Across the hot, white sand, And choke and die, while gazing on Its green and watered strand.
James Weldon Johnson
To chase a never-reached mirage Across the hot, white sand, And choke and die, while gazing on Its green and watered strand.
In these four lines, the speaker pictures a person chasing a mirage across a blazing desert. The promised oasis—“green and watered”—looks close and refreshing, but it keeps receding, never quite reachable.
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