A Cabin Tale (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THE YOUNG MASTER ASKS FOR A STORY Whut you say, dah? huh, uh! chile, You 's enough to dribe me wile. Want a ...
THE YOUNG MASTER ASKS FOR A STORY Whut you say, dah? huh, uh! chile, You 's enough to dribe me wile. Want a ...
I 've journeyed 'roun' consid'able, a-seein' men an' things, An' I 've learned a little of the sense that meetin' people ...
Caught Susanner whistlin'; well, It's most nigh too good to tell. 'Twould 'a' b'en too good to see Ef it had n't b'en ...
IF the muse were mine to tempt itAnd my feeble voice were strong,If my tongue were trained to measures,I would ...
ERE sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,Which all the day with ceaseless care have soughtThe magic gold which ...
O Mother Race! to thee I bringThis pledge of faith unwavering, This tribute to thy glory.I know the pangs which thou ...
Kiss me, Miami, thou most constant one! I love thee more for that thou changest not. When Winter comes with frigid blast, Or ...
Come on walkin' wid me, Lucy; 't ain't no time to mope erroun' Wen de sunshine 's shoutin' glory in de ...
'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 ...
In the heavy earth the miner Toiled and laboured day by day, Wrenching from the miser mountain Brilliant treasure where it lay. And the ...
Oh, the day has set me dreaming In a strange, half solemn way Of the feelings I experienced On another long past day,-- Of ...
I done got 'uligion, honey, an' I 's happy ez a king; Evahthing I see erbout me 's jes' lak sunshine ...
Summah 's nice, wif sun a-shinin', Spring is good wif greens and grass, An' dey 's some t'ings nice 'bout wintah, Dough hit ...
WHEN labor is light and the morning is fair,I find it a pleasure beyond all compareTo hitch up my nag ...
GRASS commence a-comin'Thoo de thawin' groun',Evah bird dat whistlesKeepin' noise erroun';Cain't sleep in de mo'nin',Case befo' it's lightBluebird an' de ...
Shadder in de valley Sunlight on de hill, Sut'ny wish dat locus' Knowed how to be still. Don't de heat already Mek a body hum, 'Dout ...
HAIN'T you see my Mandy Lou,Is it true?Whaih you been f'om day to day,Whaih, I say?Dat you say you nevah ...
MY cot was down by a cypress grove,And I sat by my window the whole night long,And heard well up ...
When the bees are humming in the honeysuckle vine And the summer days are in their bloom, Then my love is deepest, ...
Belated wanderer of the ways of spring, Lost in the chill of grim November rain, Would I could read the message that ...
Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass,Whah de branch 'll go a-singin' as it pass. An' w'en I's a-layin' ...
When winter covering all the ground Hides every sign of Spring, sir. However you may look around, Pray what will then you sing, ...
A BLUE-BELL springs upon the ledge,A lark sits singing in the hedge;Sweet perfumes scent the balmy air,And life is brimming ...
HE scribbles some in prose and verse,And now and then he prints it;He paints a little, - gathers someOf Nature's ...
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