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 ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems on Thought & Thinking (19 Poems)
Breaking The Charm (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
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 ...
Ere Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
ERE sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,Which all the day with ceaseless care have soughtThe magic gold which ...
Communion (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
In the silence of my heart, I will spend an hour with thee, When my love shall rend apart All the veil of ...
Melancholia (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
SILENTLY without my window,Tapping gently at the pane,Falls the rain.Through the trees sighs the breezeLike a soul in pain.Here alone ...
Nature And Art. To My Friend Charles Booth Nettleton (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I.THE young queen Nature, ever sweet and fair,Once on a time fell upon evil days.From hearing oft herself discussed with ...
The Phantom Kiss (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
One night in my room, still and beamless, With will and with thought in eclipse, I rested in sleep that was dreamless; When ...
The Lesson (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
MY cot was down by a cypress grove,And I sat by my window the whole night long,And heard well up ...
The River Of Ruin (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
ALONG by the river of ruinThey dally - the thoughtless ones,They dance and they dreamBy the side of the stream,As ...
Equipment (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
With what thou gavest me, O Master, I have wrought. Such chances, such abilities, To see the end was not for my poor ...
The Dreamer (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Temples he built and palaces of air, And, with the artist's parent-pride aglow, His fancy saw his vague ideals grow Into creations marvellously ...
Sonnet On An Old Book With Uncut Leaves (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Emblem of blasted hope and lost desire, No finger ever traced thy yellow page Save Time's. Thou hast not wrought to noble ...
Love (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
A life was mine full of the close concern Of many-voiced affairs. The world sped fast; Behind me, ever rolled a pregnant ...
Then And Now (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THEN He loved her, and through many years, Had paid his fair devoted court, Until she wearied, and with sneers Turned all his ardent ...
Unexpressed (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
DEEP in my heart that aches with the repression,And strives with plenitude of bitter pain,There lives a thought that clamors ...
Alice (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
KNOW you, winds that blow your courseDown the verdant valleys,That somewhere you must, perforce,Kiss the brow of Alice?When her gentle ...
Promise (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I GREW a rose within a garden fair,And, tending it with more than loving care,I thought how, with the glory ...
Why Fades A Dream (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
WHY fades a dream?An iridescent rayFlecked in between the trystOf night and day.Why fades a dream? -Of consciousness the shadeWrought ...
The Debt (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poem)
This is the debt I pay Just for one riotous day, Years of regret and grief, Sorrow without relief. Pay ...