Death & Dying
For a Preacher
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
Vanity of vanities,
All is vanity; yea,
Even the rod He flayed you with
Crumbled and turned to clay.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For a Preacher.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/45/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For a Preacher.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/45/.
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