An Ante-Bellum Sermon (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs, In dis howlin' wildaness,Fu' to speak some words of comfo't To each othah in distress.An' we ...
We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs, In dis howlin' wildaness,Fu' to speak some words of comfo't To each othah in distress.An' we ...
[Aunt Susan sends Uncle Eph to town to sell the cow. Meeting Farmer Johnson with a dun mule, he makes ...
Ain't nobody nevah tol' you not a wo'd a-tall, 'Bout de time dat all de critters gin dey fancy ball? Some folks ...
I went to chu'ch, 'tother night,De silvah moon was shinin' bright;Brudder Johnson en his wife was dar,Dey went wif Jane ...
Bedtime 's come fu' little boys. Po' little lamb. Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb. You gwine t' have to-morrer ...
OH, de grubbin'-hoe's a-rustin' in de co'nah,An' de plow's a-tumblin' down in de fiel',While de whippo'will's a-wailin' lak a mou'nahWhen ...
Cum here, Mandy, what's you chewin',Take dat bread right out yo' mouf,Do you know what you'se doin'?You'se de worry ob ...
When I come in f'om de co'n-fiel' aftah wo'kin' ha'd all day, It 's amazin' nice to fin' my suppah all ...
Woman's sho' a cur'ous critter, an' dey ain't no doubtin' dat. She's a mess o' funny capahs f'om huh slippahs to ...
Bones a-gittin' achy, Back a-feelin' col', Han's a-growin' shaky, Jes' lak I was ol'. Fros' erpon de meddah Lookin' mighty white; Snowdraps lak a feddah Slippin' down ...
MAMMY'S in de kitchen, an' de do' is shet;All de pickaninnies climb an' tug an' sweat,Gittin' to de winder, stickin' ...
Liza! call dat chileEn make her wash her faceEn cum on to de tableSo Pap can say de grace.You let ...
Dar's a skool in West Virginny,Dat I hears dem call de Farm,Whar dey raises ...
De 'cession's stahted on de gospel way, De Capting is a-drawin' nigh: Bettah stop a-foolin' an' a-try to pray; Lif' up yo' haid ...
W'EN you full o' worry'Bout yo' wo'k an' sich,W'en you kind o' botheredCase you can't get rich,An' yo' neighboh p'ospahPast ...
To MR. E. H. SHARP. Blue bird an' de killdee Am er flittin' by! Spring time chillun! An' de fishin' ...
TO N. H. FAIRBANKS. Sistah! Bress Gawd! Thot I'd drap in jes' er while, See ef yo's er gittin' 'long ...
He'ah dat ole gray sinnaH's jes brimful o' gas,Singin' dat tomfool dittyAs he goes hobblin' pas'!He betta be prayin' and ...
Possum time? Dahky take up de trail. Rahbit skirtin' thoo de thicket, In de barn yawd sots de quail. Cum ...
W'en daih's chillun in de house, Dey keep on a-gittin' tall; But de folks don' seem to see Dat dey's ...
Air a-gittin' cool an' coolah, Frost a-comin' in de night, Hicka' nuts an' wa'nuts fallin', Possum keepin' out o' sight. ...
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