Love
Under the Mistletoe
From Copper Sun (1927)
Love
I did not know she’d take it so,
Or else I’d never dared;
Although the bliss was worth the blow,
I did not know she’d take it so.
She stood beneath the mistletoe
So long I thought she cared;
I did not know she’d take it so,
Or else I’d never dared.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “Under the Mistletoe.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/178/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “Under the Mistletoe.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/178/.
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