The Boogah Man (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
W'EN de evenin' shaddersCome a-glidin' down,Fallin' black an' heavyOvah hill an' town,Ef you listen keerful,Keerful ez you kin,So's you boun' ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems on Light (59 Poems)
After While. A Poem Of Faith (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I THINK that though the clouds be dark,That though the waves dash o'er the bark.Yet after while the light will ...
The Dance (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Heel and toe, heel and toe, That is the song we sing; Turn to your partner and curtsey low, Balance and forward and ...
The Lesson (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
MY cot was down by a cypress grove,And I sat by my window the whole night long,And heard well up ...
Nora: A Serenade (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
AH, Nora, my Nora, the light fades away,While Night like a spirit steals up o'er the hills;The thrash from his ...
Farewell To Arcady (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
With sombre mien, the Evening gray Comes nagging at the heels of Day, And driven faster and still faster Before the dusky-mantled Master, The ...
Premonition (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
DEAR heart, good-night!Nay, list awhile that sweet voice singingWhen the world is all so bright,And the sound of song sets ...
Alexander Crummell–Dead (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Back to the breast of thy mother, Child of the earth! E'en her caress can not smother What thou hast done. Follow the trail ...
A Hymn (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
AFTER READING "LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT." Lead gently, Lord, and slow, For oh, my steps are weak, And ever as I go, Some soothing sentence ...
Slow Through The Dark (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race; Their footsteps drag far, far below the height, And, unprevailing by their utmost might, Seem ...
The Dreamer (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Temples he built and palaces of air, And, with the artist's parent-pride aglow, His fancy saw his vague ideals grow Into creations marvellously ...
Thou Art My Lute (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Thou art my lute, by thee I sing,-- My being is attuned to thee. Thou settest all my words a-wing, And meltest me ...
Robert Gould Shaw (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Why was it that the thunder voice of Fate Should call thee, studious, from the classic groves, Where calm-eyed Pallas with still ...
A Lazy Day (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THE trees bend down along the stream,Where anchored swings my tiny boat.The day is one to drowse and dreamAnd list ...
Her Thoughts And His (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
The gray of the sea, and the gray of the sky, A glimpse of the moon like a half-closed eye. The gleam ...
Behind The Arras (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
As in some dim baronial hall restrained, A prisoner sits, engirt by secret doors And waving tapestries that argue forth Strange passages into ...
Response (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes The light dies out; my soul replies With misery of deep-drawn breath, E'en as it were ...
Good-Night (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THE lark is silent in his nest,The breeze is sighing in its flight,Sleep, Love, and peaceful be thy rest.Good-night, my ...
The Change Has Come (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THE change has come, and Helen sleeps-Not sleeps; but wakes to greater deepsOf wisdom, glory, truth, and light,Than ever blessed ...
Why Fades A Dream (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
WHY fades a dream?An iridescent rayFlecked in between the trystOf night and day.Why fades a dream? -Of consciousness the shadeWrought ...
Inspiration (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
At the golden gate of song Stood I, knocking all day long, But the Angel, calm and cold, Still refused and bade me, ...
Retort (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
"THOU art a fool," said my head to my heart,"Indeed, the greatest of fools thou art,To be led astray by ...
Comparison (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THE sky of brightest gray seems darkTo one whose sky was ever white.To one who never knew a spark,Thro' all ...
Preparation (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THE little bird sits in the nest and singsA shy, soft song to the morning light;And it flutters a little ...
Day (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THE gray dawn on the mountain topIs slow to pass away.Still lays him by in sluggish dreams,The golden God of ...
The Lawyers’ Ways (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I've been list'nin' to them lawyers In the court house up the street, An' I've come to the conclusion That ...
When Malindy Sings (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poem)
G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy-- Put dat music book away; What's de use to keep on tryin'? Ef ...
Ships that Pass in the Night (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poem)
Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing; I look far out into the pregnant night, Where I ...
A Negro Love Song (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poem)
Seen my lady home las' night, Jump back, honey, jump back. Hel' huh han' an' sque'z it tight, Jump back, ...