English Poetry. Countee Cullen. For a Poet. Каунти Каллен.

Countee Cullen (Каунти Каллен)

For a Poet

          To John Gaston Edgar

I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
And laid them away in a box of gold;
Where long will cling the lips of the moth,
I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth;
I hide no hate; I am not even wroth
Who found the earth’s breath so keen and cold;
I have wrapped my dreams in a silken cloth,
And laid them away in a box of gold.

Countee Cullen’s other poems:

1. From the Dark Tower
2. That Bright Chimeric Beast
3. The Wakeupworld
4. The Shroud of Color
5. Karenge Ya Marenge

To the dedicated English version of this website

---