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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EPITAPH: FOR A VIRGIN LADY, by COUNTEE CULLEN Poem Explanation 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 | |||
For forty years I shunned the lust Inherent in my clay: Death only was so amorous I let him have his way. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND THE LITANY OF THE DARK PEOPLE by COUNTEE CULLEN |
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