Death & Dying
All the Dead
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
Priest and layman, virgin, strumpet,
Good and ill commingled sleep,
Waiting till the dreadful trumpet
Separates the wolves and sheep.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “All the Dead.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/52/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “All the Dead.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/52/.
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