Death & Dying
A Wish
From The Black Christ & Other Poems (1929)
Death & Dying
I hope when I have sung my rounds
Of song, I shall have strength to slay
The wish to chirp on any grounds,
Content that silence hold her sway,
My tongue not rolling futile sounds
After my heart has had its say.
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MLA
Cullen, Countee. “A Wish.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/93/.
Chicago
Cullen, Countee. “A Wish.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/cullen/93/.
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