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 ...
The world is a snob, and the man who wins Is the chap for its money's worth: And the lust for success ...
De win' is hollahin' "Daih you" to de shuttahs an' de fiah, De snow's a-sayin' "Got you" to de groun', Fu' de ...
DAIH'S a moughty soothin' feelin'Hits a dahky man,'Long to'ds night.W'en de row is mos' nigh ended,Den he stops to fan,'Long ...
THE BLACK TROOPS IN CUBA Round the wide earth, from the red field your valour has won, Blown with the breath of ...
De way t'ings come, hit seems to me, Is des' one monst'ous mystery; De way hit seem to strike a man, Dey ain't ...
The snow lies deep upon the ground, And winter's brightness all around Decks bravely out the forest sere, With jewels of the brave ...
Fling out your banners, your honors be bringing,Raise to the ether your paeans of praise.Strike every chord and let music ...
Win' a-blowin' gentle so de san' lay low, San' a little heavy f'om de rain, All de pa'ms a-wavin' an' a-weavin' slow, Sighin' ...
Mastah drink his ol' Made'a, Missy drink huh sherry wine, Ovahseah lak his whiskey, But dat othah drink is mine, Des' 'lasses an' watah, ...
"Break me my bounds, and let me fly To regions vast of boundless sky; Nor I, like piteous Daphne, be Root-bound. Ah, no! ...
HELLO, ole man, you're a-gittin' gray,An' it beats ole Ned to see the way'At the crow's feet's a-getherin' aroun' yore ...
THERE'S a fabulous storyFull of splendor and glory,That Arabian legends transcends;Of the wealth without measure,The coffers of treasure,At the place ...
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' ...
Dream days of fond delight and hours As rosy-hued as dawn, are mine. Love's drowsy wine, Brewed from the heart of Passion flowers, Flows ...
Hyeah come Caesar Higgins, Don't he think he 's fine? Look at dem new riggin's Ain't he tryin' to shine? Got a standin' collar An' ...
It's moughty tiahsome layin' 'roun' Dis sorrer-laden earfly groun', An' oftentimes I thinks, thinks I, 'T would be a sweet t'ing des to ...
Heel and toe, heel and toe, That is the song we sing; Turn to your partner and curtsey low, Balance and forward and ...
Men may sing of their Havanas, elevating to the stars The real or fancied virtues of their foreign-made cigars; But I worship ...
OH, I des received a letter f'om de sweetest little gal;Oh, my; oh, my.She's my lovely little sweetheart an' her ...
Slow de night 's a-fallin', An' I hyeah de callin, Out erpon de lonesome hill; Soun' is moughty dreary, Solemn-lak an' skeery, Sayin' fu' to ...
WHAT if the wind do howl without,And turn the creaking weather-vane;What if the arrows of the rainDo beat against the ...
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 ...
I have no fancy for that ancient cantThat makes us masters of our destinies,And not our lives, to hold or ...
GOOD hunting! - aye, good hunting,Wherever the forests call;But ever a heart beats hot with fear,And what of the birds ...
ALONG by the river of ruinThey dally - the thoughtless ones,They dance and they dreamBy the side of the stream,As ...
THE moon has left the sky, love,The stars are hiding now,And frowning on the world, love,Night bares her sable brow.The ...
In Life's Red Sea with faith I plant my feet, And wait the sound of that sustaining word Which long ago the ...
The sun is low, The waters flow, My boat is dancing to and fro. The eve is still, Yet from the hill The killdeer echoes ...
Emblem of blasted hope and lost desire, No finger ever traced thy yellow page Save Time's. Thou hast not wrought to noble ...
Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night, A long, loud cry to the empty sky, The cry of ...
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