Color (Cullen)/Suicide Chant
Varia
Suicide Chant
I AM the seed
The Sower sowed;
I am the deed
His hand bestowed
Upon the world.
The Sower sowed;
I am the deed
His hand bestowed
Upon the world.
Censure me not
If a rank weed flood
The garden plot,
Instead of a bud
To be unfurled.
If a rank weed flood
The garden plot,
Instead of a bud
To be unfurled.
Bridle your blame
If the deed prove less
Than the bruited fame
With which it came
From nothingness.
If the deed prove less
Than the bruited fame
With which it came
From nothingness.
The seed of a weed
Cannot be flowered,
Nor a hero’s deed
Spring from a coward.
Cannot be flowered,
Nor a hero’s deed
Spring from a coward.
Pull up the weed;
Bring plow and mower;
Then fetch new seed
For the hand of the Sower.
Bring plow and mower;
Then fetch new seed
For the hand of the Sower.