When dey ‘Listed Colored Soldiers (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Dey was talkin' in de cabin, dey was talkin' in de hall;But I listened kin' o' keerless, not a-t'inkin' 'bout ...
Dey was talkin' in de cabin, dey was talkin' in de hall;But I listened kin' o' keerless, not a-t'inkin' 'bout ...
A LOVER whom duty called over the wave,With himself communed: "Will my love be trueIf left to herself? Had I ...
ERE sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,Which all the day with ceaseless care have soughtThe magic gold which ...
In the tents of Akbar Are dole and grief to-day, For the flower of all the Indies Has gone the silent way. In the ...
I STOOD by the shore at the death of day,As the sun sank flaming red;And the face of the waters ...
In the silence of my heart, I will spend an hour with thee, When my love shall rend apart All the veil of ...
WHEN you and I were young, the daysWere filled with scent of pink and rose,And full of joy from dawn ...
You ask why I am sad to-day, I have no cares, no griefs, you say? Ah, yes, 't is true, I have ...
By rugged ways and thro' the night We struggle blindly toward the light; And groping, stumbling, ever pray For sight of long delaying ...
TWO little boots all rough an' wo',Two little boots!Laws, I's kissed 'em times befo',Dese little boots!Seems de toes a-peepin' thooDis ...
A YOUTH went faring up and down,Alack and well-a-day.He fared him to the market town,Alack and well-a-day.And there he met ...
MY muvver's ist the nicest one'At ever lived wiz folks;She lets you have ze mostes' fun,An' laffs at all your ...
De trees is bendin' in de sto'm, De rain done hid de mountain's fo'm, I 's 'lone an' in distress. But listen, dah ...
All hot and grimy from the road, Dust gray from arduous years, I sat me down and eased my load Beside the Fount ...
Shadder in de valley Sunlight on de hill, Sut'ny wish dat locus' Knowed how to be still. Don't de heat already Mek a body hum, 'Dout ...
Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold; All de time de season 's changin' an' de ...
Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race; Their footsteps drag far, far below the height, And, unprevailing by their utmost might, Seem ...
Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night, A long, loud cry to the empty sky, The cry of ...
As lone I sat one summer's day, With mien dejected, Love came by; His face distraught, his locks astray, So slow his gait, ...
When I was young I longed for Love, And held his glory far above All other earthly things. I cried: "Come, Love, dear ...
Little Miss Margaret sits in a pout,She and her Dolly have just fallen out.Dolly is gazing with sorest stare,Fitted dejectedly ...
A MAIDEN wept and, as a comforter,Came one who cried, "I love thee," and he seizedHer in his arms and ...
The Midnight wooed the Morning Star, And prayed her: "Love come nearer; Your swinging coldly there afar To me but ...
W'en daih's chillun in de house, Dey keep on a-gittin' tall; But de folks don' seem to see Dat dey's ...
Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing; I look far out into the pregnant night, Where I ...
A hush is over all the teeming lists, And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife; A spirit brave ...
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