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 ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems on Heroism (11 Poems)
My Sort O’ Man (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
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 ...
The Old Apple-Tree (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THERE's a memory keeps a-runnin'Through my weary head to-night,An' I see a picture dancin'In the fire-flames' ruddy-light;'Tis the picture of ...
Black Sampson Of Brandywine (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
"In the fight at Brandywine, Black Samson, a giant negro armed with a scythe, sweeps his way through the red ranks...." ...
Ode for Memorial Day (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
DONE are the toils and the wearisome marches, Done is the summons of bugle and drum.Softly and sweetly the sky overarches, Shelt'ring ...
To The Miami (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Kiss me, Miami, thou most constant one! I love thee more for that thou changest not. When Winter comes with frigid blast, Or ...
Speakin’ At De Cou’t-House (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Dey been speakin' at de cou't-house, An' laws-a-massy me, 'T was de beatness kin' o' doin's Dat evah I did see. Of cose I ...
Dirge For A Soldier (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
In the east the morning comes, Hear the rollin' of the drums On the hill. But the heart that beat as they beat In ...
For The Man Who Fails (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
The world is a snob, and the man who wins Is the chap for its money's worth: And the lust for success ...
Not they who soar (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Not they who soar, but they who plodTheir rugged way, unhelped, to GodAre heroes; they who higher fare,And, flying, fan ...
Curtain (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
VILLAIN shows his indiscretion,Villain's partner makes confession.Juvenile, with golden tresses,Finds her pa and dons long dresses.Scapegrace comes home money-laden,Hero comforts ...