_Color_ COLOR _By_ Countee Cullen [Illustration] Harper & Brothers, Publishers New York and London mcmxxv COLOR Copyright, 1925, by Harper & Brothers Printed in the United States of America To my Mother and Father This First Book _Acknowledgments_ For permission to reprint certain of these poems thanks is hereby given to the following publications: _The American Mercury_ _The Bookman_ _The Century_ _The Crisis_ _The Conning Tower: New York World_ _Folio_ _Harper’s Magazine_ _Les Continents_ _The Messenger_ _The Nation_ _Opportunity_ _Palms_ _Poetry: A Magazine of Verse_ _The Southwestern Christian Advocate_ _The Survey Graphic_ _The World Tomorrow_ _Vanity Fair_ _Contents_ _TO YOU WHO READ MY BOOK_ xiii COLOR YET DO I MARVEL 3 A SONG OF PRAISE 4 BROWN BOY TO BROWN GIRL 5 A BROWN GIRL DEAD 6 TO A BROWN GIRL 7 TO A BROWN BOY 8 BLACK MAGDALENS 9 ATLANTIC CITY WAITER 10 NEAR WHITE 11 TABLEAU 12 HARLEM WINE 13 SIMON THE CYRENIAN SPEAKS 14 INCIDENT 15 TWO WHO CROSSED A LINE (SHE CROSSES) 16 TWO WHO CROSSED A LINE (HE CROSSES) 17 SATURDAY’S CHILD 18 THE DANCE OF LOVE 19 PAGAN PRAYER 20 WISDOM COMETH WITH THE YEARS 22 TO MY FAIRER BRETHREN 23 FRUIT OF THE FLOWER 24 THE SHROUD OF COLOR 26 HERITAGE 36 EPITAPHS