Death & Dying
For an Unsuccessful Sinner
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
I boasted my sins were sure to sink me
Out of all sound and sight of glory;
And the most I’ve won for all my pains
Is a century of purgatory.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For an Unsuccessful Sinner.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/38/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For an Unsuccessful Sinner.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/38/.
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