Death & Dying
Requiescam
From Color (1925)
Death & Dying
I am for sleeping and forgetting
All that has gone before;
I am for lying still and letting
Who will beat at my door;
I would my life’s cold sun were setting
To rise for me no more.
Cite this poem
MLA
Cullen, Countee. “Requiescam.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/73/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “Requiescam.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/73/.
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