Love

Under the Mistletoe

by Countee Cullen 1903–1946

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.

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/.

Read this poem with the Codex →

More by Countee Cullen