The Lawyers’ Ways (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
I've been list'nin' to them lawyers In the court house up the street, An' I've come to the conclusion That ...
I've been list'nin' to them lawyers In the court house up the street, An' I've come to the conclusion That ...
I have seen peoples come and go Alike the Ocean'd ebb and flow; I have seen kingdoms rise and fall ...
When a woman looks up at you with a twist about her eyes, And her brows are half uplifted in ...
Air a-gittin' cool an' coolah, Frost a-comin' in de night, Hicka' nuts an' wa'nuts fallin', Possum keepin' out o' sight. ...
FOLKS ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits; Him dat giv' de squir'ls de bushtails made ...
'Twas the apple that in Eden Caused our father's primal fall; And the Trojan War, remember -- 'Twas an apple ...
Pray why are you so bare, so bare, Oh, bough of the old oak-tree; And why, when I go through ...
The Oriole sings in the greening grove As if he were half-way waiting, The rosebuds peep from their hoods of ...
STEP me now a bridal measure, Work give way to love and leisure, Hearts be free and hearts be gay ...
Ah, Douglass, we have fall'n on evil days, Such days as thou, not even thou didst know, When thee, the ...
I like to hear of wealth and gold, And El Doradoes in their glory; I like for silks and satins ...
Because you love me I have much achieved, Had you despised me then I must have failed, But since I ...
This is the debt I pay Just for one riotous day, Years of regret and grief, Sorrow without relief. Pay ...
G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy-- Put dat music book away; What's de use to keep on tryin'? Ef ...
Come to the pane, draw the curtain apart, There she is passing, the girl of my heart; See where she ...
If I could but forget The fullness of those first sweet days, When you burst sun-like thro' the haze Of ...
A hush is over all the teeming lists, And there is pause, a breath-space in the strife; A spirit brave ...
Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing; I look far out into the pregnant night, Where I ...
I am the mother of sorrows, I am the ender of grief; I am the bud and the blossom, I ...
Seen my lady home las' night, Jump back, honey, jump back. Hel' huh han' an' sque'z it tight, Jump back, ...
I Found you and I lost you, All on a gleaming day. The day was filled with sunshine, And the ...
Little brown baby wif spa'klin' eyes, Come to yo' pappy an' set on his knee. What you been doin', suh ...
He was a poet who wrote clever verses, And folks said he had a fine poetical taste; But his father, ...
The mist has left the greening plain, The dew-drops shine like fairy rain, The coquette rose awakes again Her lovely ...
We wear the mask that grins and lies, It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,-- This debt we pay ...
I know what the caged bird feels, alas! When the sun is bright on the upland slopes; When the wind ...
It may be misery not to sing at all, And to go silent through the brimming day; It may be ...
WHO dat knockin' at de do'? Why, Ike Johnson, -- yes, fu' sho! Come in, Ike. I's mighty glad You ...
They please me not-- these solemn songs That hint of sermons covered up. 'T is true the world should heed ...
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