Possum Trot (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I 've journeyed 'roun' consid'able, a-seein' men an' things, An' I 've learned a little of the sense that meetin' people ...
I 've journeyed 'roun' consid'able, a-seein' men an' things, An' I 've learned a little of the sense that meetin' people ...
I'VE been watchin' of 'em parson,An' I'm sorry fur to say'At my mind is not contentedWith the loose an' keerless ...
O Mother Race! to thee I bringThis pledge of faith unwavering, This tribute to thy glory.I know the pangs which thou ...
Jes' lak toddy wahms you thoo' Sets yo' haid a reelin', Meks you ovah good and new, Dat 's de way I 's ...
BREEZES blowin' middlin' brisk,Snow-flakes thro' the air a-whisk,Fallin' kind o' soft an' light,Not enough to make things white,But jest sorter ...
The snow lies deep upon the ground, And winter's brightness all around Decks bravely out the forest sere, With jewels of the brave ...
"Break me my bounds, and let me fly To regions vast of boundless sky; Nor I, like piteous Daphne, be Root-bound. Ah, no! ...
DE night creep down erlong de lan',De shadders rise an' shake,De frog is sta'tin' up his ban',De cricket is awake;My ...
OH, I des received a letter f'om de sweetest little gal;Oh, my; oh, my.She's my lovely little sweetheart an' her ...
Lucy done gone back on me, Dat's de way wif life. Evaht'ing was movin' free, T'ought I had my wife. Den some dahky comes ...
SEEN you down at chu'ch las' night, Nevah min', Miss Lucy.What I mean? oh, dat 's all right, Nevah min', Miss Lucy.You ...
Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold; All de time de season 's changin' an' de ...
I KNOW a manWith face of tan,But who is ever kind;Whom girls and boysLeave games and toysEach eventide to find.When ...
THE draft of love was cool and sweetYou gave me in the cup,But, ah, love's fire is keen and fleet,And ...
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