Death & Dying
For John Keats, Apostle of Beauty
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
Not writ in water, nor in mist,
Sweet lyric throat, thy name;
Thy singing lips that cold death kissed
Have seared his own with flame.
Cite this poem
MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For John Keats, Apostle of Beauty.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/47/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For John Keats, Apostle of Beauty.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/47/.
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