Religion
Lines Written in Jerusalem
From Copper Sun (1927)
Religion
A city builded on a hill may flaunt
Its glory in the sunken valley’s face,
And ways the Nazarene has trod may vaunt
A credible inheritance of grace.
Your very stones, Jerusalem, can sing:
“He would have taken us beneath His wing.”
Cite this poem
MLA
Cullen, Countee. “Lines Written in Jerusalem.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/166/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “Lines Written in Jerusalem.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/166/.
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