Death & Dying
For One Who Died Singing of Death
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
He whose might you sang so well
Living, will not let you rust:
Death has set the golden bell
Pealing in the courts of dust.
Cite this poem
MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For One Who Died Singing of Death.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/46/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For One Who Died Singing of Death.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/46/.
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