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 ...
We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs, In dis howlin' wildaness,Fu' to speak some words of comfo't To each othah in distress.An' we ...
ON ITS NEW SLAVERY Heart of the Southland, heed me pleading now, Who bearest, unashamed, upon my brow The long kiss of the ...
I Love is the light of the world, my dear, Heigho, but the world is gloomy; The light has failed and the lamp ...
ERE sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,Which all the day with ceaseless care have soughtThe magic gold which ...
In the forenoon's restful quiet, When the boys are off at school, When the window lights are shaded And the chimney-corner cool, Then the ...
In the tents of Akbar Are dole and grief to-day, For the flower of all the Indies Has gone the silent way. In the ...
O Mother Race! to thee I bringThis pledge of faith unwavering, This tribute to thy glory.I know the pangs which thou ...
DONE are the toils and the wearisome marches, Done is the summons of bugle and drum.Softly and sweetly the sky overarches, Shelt'ring ...
WHO dat knockin' at de do'?Why, Ike Johnson, — yes, fu' sho!Come in, Ike. I's mighty gladYou come down. I ...
In this sombre garden close What has come and passed, who knows? What red passion, what white pain Haunted this dim walk in ...
Ring out, ye bells! All Nature swellsWith gladness at the wondrous story, — The world was at lorn, But Christ is bornTo change ...
You ask why I am sad to-day, I have no cares, no griefs, you say? Ah, yes, 't is true, I have ...
In a small and lonely cabin out of noisy traffic's way, Sat an old man, bent and feeble, dusk of face, ...
How sweet the music sounded That summer long ago, When you were by my side, love, To list its gentle flow. I saw your ...
GOD has his plans, and what if weWith our sight be too blind to seeTheir full fruition; cannot he,Who made ...
THE lake's dark breastIs all unrest,It heaves with a sob and a sigh.Like a tremulous bird,From its slumber stirred,The moon ...
I think that though the clouds be dark, That though the waves dash o'er the bark, Yet after while the light will ...
Long since, in sore distress, I heard one pray, "Lord, who prevailest with resistless might, Ever from war and strife keep me ...
Ah me, it is cold and chill And the fire sobs low in the grate, While the wind rides by on the ...
One night in my room, still and beamless, With will and with thought in eclipse, I rested in sleep that was dreamless; When ...
I been t'inkin' 'bout de preachah; whut he said de othah night, 'Bout hit bein' people's dooty, fu' to keep dey ...
THE air is dark, the sky is gray,The misty shadows come and go,And here within my dusky roomEach chair looks ...
I THINK that though the clouds be dark,That though the waves dash o'er the bark.Yet after while the light will ...
_A Song_ Poor withered rose, she gave it me, Half in revenge and half in glee; Its petals not so pink by half As ...
OUT in de night a sad bird moans,An', oh, but hit's moughty lonely;Times I kin sing, but mos' I groans,Fu' ...
MY muvver's ist the nicest one'At ever lived wiz folks;She lets you have ze mostes' fun,An' laffs at all your ...
Men may sing of their Havanas, elevating to the stars The real or fancied virtues of their foreign-made cigars; But I worship ...
De trees is bendin' in de sto'm, De rain done hid de mountain's fo'm, I 's 'lone an' in distress. But listen, dah ...
Aye, lay him in his grave, the old dead year! His life is lived--fulfilled his destiny. Have you for him no sad, ...
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