The Crisis (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
A man of low degree was sore oppressed, Fate held him under iron-handed sway, And ever, those who saw him thus distressed Would ...
A man of low degree was sore oppressed, Fate held him under iron-handed sway, And ever, those who saw him thus distressed Would ...
Within a London garret high, Above the roofs and near the sky, My ill-rewarding pen I ply To win me bread. This little chamber, ...
De da'kest hour, dey allus say, Is des' befo' de dawn, But it's moughty ha'd a-waitin' W'ere de night goes frownin' on; An' it's ...
TUSKEGEE, ALA., APRIL 22, 1901. Not to the midnight of the gloomy past, Do we revert to-day; we look upon The golden present ...
UNDERNEATH the autumn sky,Haltingly, the lines go by.Ah, would steps were blithe and gay,As when first they marched away,Smile on ...
Oh, de clouds is mighty heavy An' de rain is mighty thick; Keep a song up on de way. An' de waters is ...
W'EN de colo'ed ban' comes ma'chin' down de street,Don't you people stan' daih starin'; lif' yo' feet!Ain't dey playin'? Hip, ...
A YOUTH went faring up and down,Alack and well-a-day.He fared him to the market town,Alack and well-a-day.And there he met ...
Fling out your banners, your honors be bringing,Raise to the ether your paeans of praise.Strike every chord and let music ...
I.THE young queen Nature, ever sweet and fair,Once on a time fell upon evil days.From hearing oft herself discussed with ...
SINCE I left the city's heatFor this sylvan, cool retreat,High upon the hill-side hereWhere the air is clean and clear,I ...
Come, essay a sprightly measure, Tuned to some light song of pleasure. Maidens, let your brows be crowned As we foot this merry ...
ON the wide veranda white,In the purple failing light,Sits the master while the sun is lowly burning;And his dreamy thoughts ...
DAYS git wa'm and wa'mah,School gits mighty dull,Seems lak dese hyeah teachahsMus' feel mussiful.Hookey's wrong, I know itAin't no gent'man's ...
I'VE a humble little mottoThat is homely, though it's true, -Keep a-pluggin' away.It's a thing when I've an objectThat I ...
Long since, in sore distress, I heard one pray, "Lord, who prevailest with resistless might, Ever from war and strife keep me ...
Love me. I care not what the circling years To me may do. If, but in spite of time and tears, You prove ...
Win' a-blowin' gentle so de san' lay low, San' a little heavy f'om de rain, All de pa'ms a-wavin' an' a-weavin' slow, Sighin' ...
AIN'T it nice to have a mammyW'en you kin' o' tiahed outWid a-playin' in de meddah,An' a-runnin' roun' aboutTill hit's ...
OH, the little bird is rocking in the cradle of the wind,And it's bye, my little wee one, bye;The harvest ...
I BE'N down in ole Kentucky Fur a week er two, an' say,'T wuz ez hard ez breakin' oxen Fur to tear ...
PLACE this bunch of mignonetteIn her cold, dead hand;When the golden sun is set,Where the poplars stand,Bury her from sun ...
Ah, yes, the chapter ends to-day; We even lay the book away; But oh, how sweet the moments sped Before the final page ...
Ah me, it is cold and chill And the fire sobs low in the grate, While the wind rides by on the ...
One night in my room, still and beamless, With will and with thought in eclipse, I rested in sleep that was dreamless; When ...
Cool is the wind, for the summer is waning, Who 's for the road? Sun-flecked and soft, where the dead leaves are ...
Mastah drink his ol' Made'a, Missy drink huh sherry wine, Ovahseah lak his whiskey, But dat othah drink is mine, Des' 'lasses an' watah, ...
I been t'inkin' 'bout de preachah; whut he said de othah night, 'Bout hit bein' people's dooty, fu' to keep dey ...
"Break me my bounds, and let me fly To regions vast of boundless sky; Nor I, like piteous Daphne, be Root-bound. Ah, no! ...
HELLO, ole man, you're a-gittin' gray,An' it beats ole Ned to see the way'At the crow's feet's a-getherin' aroun' yore ...
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