Love
Sacrament
From Color (1925)
Love
She gave her body for my meat,
Her soul to be my wine,
And prayed that I be made complete
In sunlight and starshine.
With such abandoned grace she gave
Of all that passion taught her,
She never knew her tidal wave
Cast bread on stagnant water.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “Sacrament.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/58/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “Sacrament.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/58/.
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