Death & Dying
For an Anarchist
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
What matters that I stormed and swore?
Not Samson with an ass’s jaw,
Not though a forest of hair he wore,
Could break death’s adamantine law.
Cite this poem
MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For an Anarchist.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/33/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For an Anarchist.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/33/.
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