Ione (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I.AH, yes, 't is sweet still to remember,Though 't were less painful to forget;For while my heart glows like an ...
I.AH, yes, 't is sweet still to remember,Though 't were less painful to forget;For while my heart glows like an ...
De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way, Dey 'sputin' an' dey argyin' an' fussin' night an' day; An' ...
I don't believe in 'ristercrats An' never did, you see; The plain ol' homelike sorter folks Is good enough fur me. O' course, I ...
Wen I git up in de mo'nin' an' de clouds is big an' black, Dey's a kin' o' wa'nin' shivah goes ...
I has hyeahd o' people dancin' an' I 's hyeahd o' people singin'. An' I 's been 'roun' lots of othahs ...
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 ...
Dey is snow upon de meddahs, dey is snow upon de hill, An' de little branch's watahs is all glistenin' an' ...
I STOOD by the shore at the death of day,As the sun sank flaming red;And the face of the waters ...
YOU kin talk about yer anthemsAn' yer arias an' sich,An' yer modern choir-singin'That you think so awful rich;But you orter ...
'Tis an old deserted homestead On the outskirts of the town, Where the roof is all moss-covered, And the walls are tumbling down; But ...
In the heavy earth the miner Toiled and laboured day by day, Wrenching from the miser mountain Brilliant treasure where it lay. And the ...
OH, the poets may sing of their Lady Irenes,And may rave in their rhymes about wonderful queens;But I throw my ...
A BEE that was searching for sweets one dayThrough the gate of a rose garden happened to stray.In the heart ...
I think that though the clouds be dark, That though the waves dash o'er the bark, Yet after while the light will ...
The snow lies deep upon the ground, And winter's brightness all around Decks bravely out the forest sere, With jewels of the brave ...
The November sun invites me, And although the chill wind smites me, I will wander to the woodland Where the laden trees await; And ...
WHEN labor is light and the morning is fair,I find it a pleasure beyond all compareTo hitch up my nag ...
Ah, yes, the chapter ends to-day; We even lay the book away; But oh, how sweet the moments sped Before the final page ...
One night in my room, still and beamless, With will and with thought in eclipse, I rested in sleep that was dreamless; When ...
I THINK that though the clouds be dark,That though the waves dash o'er the bark.Yet after while the light will ...
When August days are hot an' dry, When burning copper is the sky, I 'd rather fish than feast or fly In airy ...
October is the treasurer of the year,And all the months pay bounty to her store;The fields and orchards still their tribute ...
HAIN'T you see my Mandy Lou,Is it true?Whaih you been f'om day to day,Whaih, I say?Dat you say you nevah ...
Like the blush upon the rose When the wooing south wind speaks, Kissing soft its petals, Are thy cheeks. Tender, soft, beseeching, true, Like the ...
LITTLE lady at de do',W'y you stan' dey knockin'?Nevah seen you ac' befo'In er way so shockin'.Don' you know de ...
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 ...
"SUNSHINE on de medders,Greenness on de way;Dat's de blessed reasonI sing all de day."Look hyeah! Whut you axin'?Whut meks me ...
OH the breeze is blowin' balmyAnd the sun is in a haze;There's a cloud jest givin' coolness,To the laziest of ...
I AM no priest of crooks nor creeds,For human wants and human needsAre more to me than prophets' deeds;And human ...
The moon begins her stately ride Across the summer sky; The happy wavelets lash the shore,-- The tide is rising high. Beneath some friendly ...
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