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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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