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EPITAPH: FOR A PREACHER by COUNTEE CULLEN

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: VANITY OF VANITIES
Last Line: Crumbled and turned to clay
Subject(s): VANITY;
VANITY of vanities,
All is vanity; yea,
Even the rod He flayed you with
Crumbled and turned to clay.



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