The Rivals (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
'TWAS three an' thirty year ago,I When I was ruther young, you know,I had my last an' only fightAbout a ...
'TWAS three an' thirty year ago,I When I was ruther young, you know,I had my last an' only fightAbout a ...
I 've journeyed 'roun' consid'able, a-seein' men an' things, An' I 've learned a little of the sense that meetin' people ...
BREEZES blowin' middlin' brisk,Snow-flakes thro' the air a-whisk,Fallin' kind o' soft an' light,Not enough to make things white,But jest sorter ...
Ring out, ye bells! All Nature swellsWith gladness at the wondrous story, — The world was at lorn, But Christ is bornTo change ...
DE win' is blowin' wahmah,An hit's blowin' f'om de bay;Dey's a so't o' mist a-risin'All erlong de meddah way;Dey ain't ...
The snow lies deep upon the ground, And winter's brightness all around Decks bravely out the forest sere, With jewels of the brave ...
Men may sing of their Havanas, elevating to the stars The real or fancied virtues of their foreign-made cigars; But I worship ...
FU' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down;Don' fiddle dat chune no mo'.Don' you see how dat melody stuhs ...
STEP wid de banjo an' glide wid de fiddle,Dis ain' no time fu' to pottah an' piddle;Fu' Christmas is comin', ...
I AM no priest of crooks nor creeds,For human wants and human needsAre more to me than prophets' deeds;And human ...
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,-- This debt we pay ...
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