How Lucy Backslid (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way, Dey 'sputin' an' dey argyin' an' fussin' night an' day; An' ...
De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way, Dey 'sputin' an' dey argyin' an' fussin' night an' day; An' ...
I know a little country place Where still my heart doth linger, And o'er its fields is every grace Lined out by memory's ...
I know a little country place Where still my heart doth linger,And o'er its fields is every grace Lined out by memory's ...
YOU kin talk about yer anthemsAn' yer arias an' sich,An' yer modern choir-singin'That you think so awful rich;But you orter ...
LITTLE brown face full of smiles,And a baby's guileless wiles,Liza May, Liza May.Eyes a-peeping thro' the fenceWith an interest intense,Liza ...
OH, the little bird is rocking in the cradle of the wind,And it's bye, my little wee one, bye;The harvest ...
All hot and grimy from the road, Dust gray from arduous years, I sat me down and eased my load Beside the Fount ...
W'EN de clouds is hangin' heavy in de sky,An' de win's 's a-taihin' moughty vig'rous by,I don' go a-sighin' all ...
At the golden gate of song Stood I, knocking all day long, But the Angel, calm and cold, Still refused and bade me, ...
AN angel, robed in spotless white,Bent down and kissed the sleeping Night.Night woke to blush; the sprite was gone.Men saw ...
I've been list'nin' to them lawyers In the court house up the street, An' I've come to the conclusion That ...
G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy-- Put dat music book away; What's de use to keep on tryin'? Ef ...
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