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 ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems (419 Poems)
Booker T. Washington (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
The word is writ that he who runs may read. What is the passing breath of earthly fame? But to snatch glory ...
The Looking-Glas (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
DINAH stan' befo' de glass,Lookin' moughty neat,An' huh purty shadder sassAt huh haid an' feet.While she sasshay 'roun' an' bow,Smilin' ...
To An Ingrate (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
This is to-day, a golden summer's day And yet--and yet My vengeful soul will not forget The past, forever now forgot, you say. From ...
Love Despoiled (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
As lone I sat one summer's day, With mien dejected, Love came by; His face distraught, his locks astray, So slow his gait, ...
Robert Gould Shaw (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Why was it that the thunder voice of Fate Should call thee, studious, from the classic groves, Where calm-eyed Pallas with still ...
The Meadow Lark (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THOUGH the winds be dank,And the sky be sober,And the grieving DayIn a mantle grayHath let her waiting maiden robe ...
Vengeance Is Sweet (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
When I was young I longed for Love, And held his glory far above All other earthly things. I cried: "Come, Love, dear ...
The Making Up (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Little Miss Margaret sits in a pout,She and her Dolly have just fallen out.Dolly is gazing with sorest stare,Fitted dejectedly ...
She Gave Me A Rose (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
She gave a rose, And I kissed it and pressed it. I love her, she knows, And my action confessed it. She gave me ...
The Secret (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
WHAT says the wind to the waving trees?What says the wave to the river?What means the sigh in the passing ...
Phyllis (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
PHYLLIS, ah, Phyllis, my life is a gray day,Few are my years, but my griefs are not few,Ever to youth ...
The Sum (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
A little dreaming by the way, A little toiling day by day; A little pain, a little strife, A little joy,--and that is ...
To A Dead Friend (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
It is as if a silver chord Were suddenly grown mute, And life's song with its rhythm warred Against a silver lute. It is ...
A Lazy Day (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THE trees bend down along the stream,Where anchored swings my tiny boat.The day is one to drowse and dreamAnd list ...
Her Thoughts And His (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
The gray of the sea, and the gray of the sky, A glimpse of the moon like a half-closed eye. The gleam ...
Confessional (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
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, ...
Spring Song (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
A BLUE-BELL springs upon the ledge,A lark sits singing in the hedge;Sweet perfumes scent the balmy air,And life is brimming ...
After Many Days (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I'VE always been a faithful manAn' tried to live for duty,But the stringent mode of lifeHas somewhat lost its beauty.The ...
Dead (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
A KNOCK is at her door, but she is weak;Strange dews have washed the paint streaks from her cheek;She does ...
The Pool (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
By the pool that I see in my dreams, dear love, I have sat with you time and again; And listened beneath ...
Love’s Castle (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Key and bar, key and bar, Iron bolt and chain! And what will you do when the King comes To enter his domain? Turn ...
The Path (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THERE are no beaten paths to Glory's height,There are no rules to compass greatness known;Each for himself must cleave a ...
Passion And Love (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
A MAIDEN wept and, as a comforter,Came one who cried, "I love thee," and he seizedHer in his arms and ...
Longing (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
IF you could sit with me beside the sea to-day,And whisper with me sweetest dreamings o'er and o'er;I think I ...
A Boy’s Summer Song (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
'Tis fine to playIn the fragrant hay,And romp on the golden load;To ride old JackTo the barn and back,Or tramp ...
Whittier (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
NOT o'er thy dust let there be spentThe gush of maudlin sentiment;Such drift as that is not for thee,Whose life ...
Beyond The Years (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I.BEYOND the years the answer lies,Beyond where brood the grieving skiesAnd Night drops tears.Where Faith rod-chastened smiles to riseAnd doff ...
Not they who soar (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Not they who soar, but they who plodTheir rugged way, unhelped, to GodAre heroes; they who higher fare,And, flying, fan ...
Behind The Arras (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
As in some dim baronial hall restrained, A prisoner sits, engirt by secret doors And waving tapestries that argue forth Strange passages into ...