Copper Sun (Cullen)/Song

by Countee Cullen

Song

LOVE, unto me be song of bird;So soon the song is through;I would I had a brazen wordTo brand this truth untrue.

Love, unto me be life’s full sun,Unmindful of your light;So soon the stealthy shadows runAll days into one night.

There is a word that must be spoken,A word your heart would hear,And mine must whisper, or be broken;Oh, make your heart your ear.