Love’s Seasons (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
When the bees are humming in the honeysuckle vine And the summer days are in their bloom, Then my love is deepest, ...
When the bees are humming in the honeysuckle vine And the summer days are in their bloom, Then my love is deepest, ...
AH, Nora, my Nora, the light fades away,While Night like a spirit steals up o'er the hills;The thrash from his ...
EF you's only got de powah fe' to blow a little whistle,Keep ermong de people wid de whistles.Ef you don't, ...
What dreams we have and how they flyLike rosy clouds across the sky; Of wealth, of fame, of sure success, Of love ...
SWEETEST of the flowers a-bloomingIn the fragrant vernal daysIs the Lily of the ValleyWith its soft, retiring ways.Well, you chose ...
Long time ago, we two set out, My soul and I. I know not why, For all our way was dim with doubt. I ...
With sombre mien, the Evening gray Comes nagging at the heels of Day, And driven faster and still faster Before the dusky-mantled Master, The ...
SEEN you down at chu'ch las' night, Nevah min', Miss Lucy.What I mean? oh, dat 's all right, Nevah min', Miss Lucy.You ...
W'EN de clouds is hangin' heavy in de sky,An' de win's 's a-taihin' moughty vig'rous by,I don' go a-sighin' all ...
Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane, Treat me nice. Dough my love has tu'ned my brain, Treat me nice. I ain't done a t'ing ...
Slow de night 's a-fallin', An' I hyeah de callin, Out erpon de lonesome hill; Soun' is moughty dreary, Solemn-lak an' skeery, Sayin' fu' to ...
COVER him over with daisies white,And eke with the poppies red,Sit with me here by his couch to-night,For the First-Born, ...
WHAT if the wind do howl without,And turn the creaking weather-vane;What if the arrows of the rainDo beat against the ...
If Death should claim me for her own to-day, And softly I should falter from your side, Oh, tell me, loved one, ...
Thou arrant robber, Death! Couldst thou not find Some lesser one than he To rob of breath,-- Some poorer mind Thy prey to be? His mind ...
When all is done, and my last word is said, And ye who loved me murmur, "He is dead," Let no one ...
GOO'-BY, Jinks, I got to hump,Got to mek dis pony jump;See dat sun a-goin' down'N' me a-foolin' hyeah in town!Git ...
I stand above the city's rush and din, And gaze far down with calm and undimmed eyes, To where the misty smoke ...
DEAR heart, good-night!Nay, list awhile that sweet voice singingWhen the world is all so bright,And the sound of song sets ...
I WAS not; now I am - a few days henceI shall not be; I fain would look beforeAnd after, ...
Back to the breast of thy mother, Child of the earth! E'en her caress can not smother What thou hast done. Follow the trail ...
I have no fancy for that ancient cantThat makes us masters of our destinies,And not our lives, to hold or ...
When first of wise old Johnson taught, My youthful mind its homage brought, And made the pond'rous crusty sage The object of a ...
"SUNSHINE on de medders,Greenness on de way;Dat's de blessed reasonI sing all de day."Look hyeah! Whut you axin'?Whut meks me ...
GOOD hunting! - aye, good hunting,Wherever the forests call;But ever a heart beats hot with fear,And what of the birds ...
Belated wanderer of the ways of spring, Lost in the chill of grim November rain, Would I could read the message that ...
He had his dream, and all through life,Worked up to it through toil and strife.Afloat fore'er before his eyes,It colored ...
Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold; All de time de season 's changin' an' de ...
ALONG by the river of ruinThey dally - the thoughtless ones,They dance and they dreamBy the side of the stream,As ...
AFTER READING "LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT." Lead gently, Lord, and slow, For oh, my steps are weak, And ever as I go, Some soothing sentence ...
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