Under the Mistletoe
Under the Mistletoe, 1902.
Courtesy Library of Congress
I did not know she’d take it so,
Or else I’d never dared;
Although the bliss was worth the blow,
I did not know she’d take it so.
She stood beneath the mistletoe
So long I thought she cared;
I did not know she’d take it so,
Or else I’d never dared.
~~
Countee Cullen (1903-1946)
from Copper Sun, 1927
[Poem is in the public domain in
Or else I’d never dared;
Although the bliss was worth the blow,
I did not know she’d take it so.
She stood beneath the mistletoe
So long I thought she cared;
I did not know she’d take it so,
Or else I’d never dared.
~~
Countee Cullen (1903-1946)
from Copper Sun, 1927
[Poem is in the public domain in
"Under the Mistletoe" read by Arna Bontemps. Courtesy Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.
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