Death & Dying
For a Fatalist
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
Life ushers some as heirs-elect
To weather wind and gale;
Here lies a man whose ships were wrecked
Ere he could hoist a sail.
Cite this poem
MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For a Fatalist.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/42/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For a Fatalist.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/42/.
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