The Spellin’-Bee (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I NEVER shall furgit that night when father hitched up Dobbin,An' all us youngsters clambered in an' down the road ...
I NEVER shall furgit that night when father hitched up Dobbin,An' all us youngsters clambered in an' down the road ...
I' b'en a-kindo musin', as the feller says, and I'm About o' the conclusion that they ain't no better time, When you ...
You've heard of King Henry IIAnd the story of how he got fondOf one of his customer's daughters,A lass called ...
AIN'T it nice to have a mammyW'en you kin' o' tiahed outWid a-playin' in de meddah,An' a-runnin' roun' aboutTill hit's ...
The Cuckoo sat in the old pear-tree,Cuckoo!Raining or snowing, nought cared he.Cuckoo!Cuckoo, cuckoo, nought cared he.The Cuckoo flew over a ...
I. Dawn, noon and dewfall! Bluebird and robin Up and at it airly, and the orchard-blossoms bobbin'! Peekin' from the winder, half-awake, and wishin' I ...
When People think that Kittens play,It's really quite the other way.For when they chase the Ball or BobbinThey learn to ...
BROWNING, old fellow,Your leaves grow yellow,Beginning to mellowAs seasons pass.Your cover is wrinkled,And stained and sprinkled,And warped and crinkledFrom sleep ...
Up cam the tide wi' a burst and a whush,And back gaed the stanes wi' a whurr;The king's son walkit ...
To DR. SHERMAN LEACH, Columbus, Ohio. Was yo' at de dance an' 'sepshun? At siss Poodle's Chewsday night? Didn't git ...
Hang it all, Slessor, as Pound once said to Browning,Why have you sailed so untimely out on the waterTo vanish ...
The burn was big wi' spate,An' there cam' tum'lin' doonTapsalteerie the half o' a gate,Wi' an auld fish-hake an' a ...
Ten Christmas presents standing in a line; Robert took the bicycle, then there were nine. Nine Christmas presents ranged in ...
The unpurged images of day recede; The Emperor's drunken soldiery are abed; Night resonance recedes, night walkers' song After great ...
Birds are flyin' south for winter. Here's the Weird-Bird headin' north, Wings a-flappin', beak a-chatterin', Cold head bobbin' back 'n' ...
The back, the yoke, the yardage. Lapped seams, The nearly invisible stitches along the collar Turned in a sweatshop by ...
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