Countee Cullen
Epitaph for a Poet
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 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