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 ...
IF the muse were mine to tempt itAnd my feeble voice were strong,If my tongue were trained to measures,I would ...
OH, the poets may sing of their Lady Irenes,And may rave in their rhymes about wonderful queens;But I throw my ...
When to sweet music my lady is dancing My heart to mild frenzy her beauty inspires. Into my face are her brown ...
A man of low degree was sore oppressed, Fate held him under iron-handed sway, And ever, those who saw him thus distressed Would ...
My neighbor lives on the hill, And I in the valley dwell, My neighbor must look down on me, Must I look up?--ah, ...
Darling, my darling, my heart is on the wing, It flies to thee this morning like a bird, Like happy birds in ...
When all is done, and my last word is said, And ye who loved me murmur, "He is dead," Let no one ...
Search thou my heart; If there be guile, It shall depart Before thy smile. Search thou my soul; Be there deceit, 'T will vanish whole Before thee, ...
I.BEYOND the years the answer lies,Beyond where brood the grieving skiesAnd Night drops tears.Where Faith rod-chastened smiles to riseAnd doff ...
I AM no priest of crooks nor creeds,For human wants and human needsAre more to me than prophets' deeds;And human ...
Dey is times in life when Nature Seems to slip a cog an' go, Jes' a-rattlin' down creation, Lak an ...
If I could but forget The fullness of those first sweet days, When you burst sun-like thro' the haze Of ...
I know what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind ...
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