Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, A BROWN GIRL DEAD, by COUNTEE CULLEN


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First Line: With two white roses on her breasts
Last Line: To see herself tonight
Subject(s): African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks


WITH two white roses on her breasts,
White candles at head and feet,
Dark Madonna of the grave she rests;
Lord Death has found her sweet.

Her mother pawned her wedding ring
To lay her out in white
She'd be so proud she'd dance and sing
To see herself tonight.





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