Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems on Education Archives - Famous Inspirational Poems, Poetry, Quotes

I NEVER shall furgit that night when father hitched up Dobbin,An' all us youngsters clambered in an' down the road ...

I 've journeyed 'roun' consid'able, a-seein' men an' things, An' I 've learned a little of the sense that meetin' people ...

In the forenoon's restful quiet, When the boys are off at school, When the window lights are shaded And the chimney-corner cool, Then the ...

WHEN you and I were young, the daysWere filled with scent of pink and rose,And full of joy from dawn ...

In the heavy earth the miner Toiled and laboured day by day, Wrenching from the miser mountain Brilliant treasure where it lay. And the ...

W'EN us fellers stomp around, makin' lots o' noise,Gramma says, "There's certain times comes to little boysW'en they need a ...

Within a London garret high, Above the roofs and near the sky, My ill-rewarding pen I ply To win me bread. This little chamber, ...

DAYS git wa'm and wa'mah,School gits mighty dull,Seems lak dese hyeah teachahsMus' feel mussiful.Hookey's wrong, I know itAin't no gent'man's ...

Thou arrant robber, Death! Couldst thou not find Some lesser one than he To rob of breath,-- Some poorer mind Thy prey to be? His mind ...

Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass,Whah de branch 'll go a-singin' as it pass. An' w'en I's a-layin' ...

A life was mine full of the close concern Of many-voiced affairs. The world sped fast; Behind me, ever rolled a pregnant ...

Why was it that the thunder voice of Fate Should call thee, studious, from the classic groves, Where calm-eyed Pallas with still ...

(Lines on reading "Driftwood.") Driftwood gathered here and there Along the beach of time; Now and then a chip of truth 'Mid boards and ...

I HAD not known beforeForever was so long a word.The slow stroke of the clock of timeI had not heard.'Tis ...

When a woman looks up at you with a twist about her eyes, And her brows are half uplifted in ...

Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems on Education (15 Poems)