Death & Dying
For Myself
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
What’s in this grave is worth your tear;
There’s more than the eye can see;
Folly and Pride and Love lie here
Buried alive with me.
Cite this poem
MLA
Cullen, Countee. “For Myself.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/51/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “For Myself.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/51/.
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