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 ...
I NEVER shall furgit that night when father hitched up Dobbin,An' all us youngsters clambered in an' down the road ...
'TWAS three an' thirty year ago,I When I was ruther young, you know,I had my last an' only fightAbout a ...
I 've journeyed 'roun' consid'able, a-seein' men an' things, An' I 've learned a little of the sense that meetin' people ...
I don't believe in 'ristercrats An' never did, you see; The plain ol' homelike sorter folks Is good enough fur me. O' course, I ...
Ain't nobody nevah tol' you not a wo'd a-tall, 'Bout de time dat all de critters gin dey fancy ball? Some folks ...
Want to trade me, do you, mistah? Oh, well, now, I reckon not, W'y you could n't buy my Sukey fu' ...
A LOVER whom duty called over the wave,With himself communed: "Will my love be trueIf left to herself? Had I ...
Come on walkin' wid me, Lucy; 't ain't no time to mope erroun' Wen de sunshine 's shoutin' glory in de ...
WHO dat knockin' at de do'?Why, Ike Johnson, — yes, fu' sho!Come in, Ike. I's mighty gladYou come down. I ...
Bedtime 's come fu' little boys. Po' little lamb. Too tiahed out to make a noise, Po' little lamb. You gwine t' have to-morrer ...
Will I have some mo' dat pie? No, ma'am, thank-ee, dat is--I-- Bettah quit daihin' me. Dat ah pie look sutny good: How 'd ...
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 ...
The sun hath shed its kindly light, Our harvesting is gladly o'er Our fields have felt no killing blight, Our bins are filled ...
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 ...
UNDERNEATH the autumn sky,Haltingly, the lines go by.Ah, would steps were blithe and gay,As when first they marched away,Smile on ...
Long since, in sore distress, I heard one pray, "Lord, who prevailest with resistless might, Ever from war and strife keep me ...
PLACE this bunch of mignonetteIn her cold, dead hand;When the golden sun is set,Where the poplars stand,Bury her from sun ...
"Break me my bounds, and let me fly To regions vast of boundless sky; Nor I, like piteous Daphne, be Root-bound. Ah, no! ...
GRANNY'S gone a-visitin',Seen huh git huh shawlW'en I was a-hidin' downHime de gyahden wall.Seen huh put her bonnet on,Seen huh ...
I have seen full many a sight Born of day or drawn by night: Sunlight on a silver stream, Golden lilies all a-dream, Lofty ...
When the bees are humming in the honeysuckle vine And the summer days are in their bloom, Then my love is deepest, ...
GOO'-BY, Jinks, I got to hump,Got to mek dis pony jump;See dat sun a-goin' down'N' me a-foolin' hyeah in town!Git ...
I stand above the city's rush and din, And gaze far down with calm and undimmed eyes, To where the misty smoke ...
I have no fancy for that ancient cantThat makes us masters of our destinies,And not our lives, to hold or ...
STANDIN' at de winder,Feelin' kind o' glum,Listenin' to de raindropsPlay de kettle drum,Lookin' crost de meddersSwimmin' lak a sea;Lawd 'a' ...
Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race; Their footsteps drag far, far below the height, And, unprevailing by their utmost might, Seem ...
OH the breeze is blowin' balmyAnd the sun is in a haze;There's a cloud jest givin' coolness,To the laziest of ...
© 2020 Inspirational Stories