James D. Corrothers

thumb| James David Corrothers (July 2, 1869 – February 12, 1917) was an African-American poet, journalist, and minister. Quotes Yearned Shelley o'er the golden flame?Left Keats for beauty's lure, a nameBut "writ in water"? Woe is me!To grieve o'er flowerful faëry.My Phasian doves are flown so long—The dream is lovelier than the song! "Dream and the Song", st. 3, in James Weldon Johnson, ed., The Book of American Negro Poetry (New York: Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1922), p. 36 External links Category:1868 births Category:1917 deaths Category:Poets from the United States Category:African Americans Category:Journalists from Michigan