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 ...
DEY had a gread big pahty down to Tom's de othah night;Was I dah? You bet! I neveh in my ...
De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way, Dey 'sputin' an' dey argyin' an' fussin' night an' day; An' ...
I NEVER shall furgit that night when father hitched up Dobbin,An' all us youngsters clambered in an' down the road ...
THE YOUNG MASTER ASKS FOR A STORY Whut you say, dah? huh, uh! chile, You 's enough to dribe me wile. Want a ...
ON ITS NEW SLAVERY Heart of the Southland, heed me pleading now, Who bearest, unashamed, upon my brow The long kiss of the ...
'TWAS three an' thirty year ago,I When I was ruther young, you know,I had my last an' only fightAbout a ...
UNCLE JOHN, he makes me tired;Thinks 'at he's jest so all-firedSmart, 'at he kin pick up, so,Ever'thing he wants to ...
IF the muse were mine to tempt itAnd my feeble voice were strong,If my tongue were trained to measures,I would ...
Want to trade me, do you, mistah? Oh, well, now, I reckon not, W'y you could n't buy my Sukey fu' ...
I Love is the light of the world, my dear, Heigho, but the world is gloomy; The light has failed and the lamp ...
It was Chrismus Eve, I mind hit fu' a mighty gloomy day-- Bofe de weathah an' de people--not a one of ...
A LOVER whom duty called over the wave,With himself communed: "Will my love be trueIf left to herself? Had I ...
Tek a cool night, good an' cleah, Skiff o' snow upon de groun'; Jes' 'bout fall-time o' de yeah W'en de leaves is ...
"In the fight at Brandywine, Black Samson, a giant negro armed with a scythe, sweeps his way through the red ranks...." ...
Dey 's a so't o' threatenin' feelin' in de blowin' of de breeze, An' I 's feelin' kin' o' squeamish in ...
In the silence of my heart, I will spend an hour with thee, When my love shall rend apart All the veil of ...
OH, dere's lots o' keer an' troubleIn dis world to swaller down;An' ol' Sorrer's purty livelyIn her way o' gittin' ...
WHEN you and I were young, the daysWere filled with scent of pink and rose,And full of joy from dawn ...
WHO dat knockin' at de do'?Why, Ike Johnson, — yes, fu' sho!Come in, Ike. I's mighty gladYou come down. I ...
In the east the morning comes, Hear the rollin' of the drums On the hill. But the heart that beat as they beat In ...
Say a mass for my soul's repose, my brother, Say a mass for my soul's repose, I need it, Lovingly lived we, ...
'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 ...
AH, I have changed, I do not knowWhy lonely hours affect me so.In days of yore, this were not wont,No ...
Oh, what shall I do? I am wholly upset; I am sure I 'll be jailed for a lunatic yet. I 'll ...
In a small and lonely cabin out of noisy traffic's way, Sat an old man, bent and feeble, dusk of face, ...
Woman's sho' a cur'ous critter, an' dey ain't no doubtin' dat. She's a mess o' funny capahs f'om huh slippahs to ...
I.FOUR hundred years ago a tangled wasteLay sleeping on the west Atlantic's side;Their devious ways the Old World's millions tracedContent, ...
Just whistle a bit, if the day be dark, And the sky be overcast: If mute be the voice of the piping ...
HOME agin, an' home to stay -Yes, it's nice to be away.Plenty things to do an' see,But the old place ...
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