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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH: FOR A VIRGIN LADY, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: For forty years I shunned the lust
Last Line: I let him have his way.
Subject(s): Lust; Death; Dead, The
First Line: For forty years I shunned the lust
Last Line: I let him have his way.
Subject(s): Lust; Death; Dead, The
For forty years I shunned the lust
Inherent in my clay:
Death only was so amorous
I let him have his way.
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