The Fisher Child’s Lullaby (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THE wind is out in its rage to-night,And your father is far at sea.The rime on the window is hard ...
Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems (419 Poems)
Blue (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
STANDIN' at de winder,Feelin' kind o' glum,Listenin' to de raindropsPlay de kettle drum,Lookin' crost de meddersSwimmin' lak a sea;Lawd 'a' ...
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 ...
A Death Song (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass,Whah de branch 'll go a-singin' as it pass. An' w'en I's a-layin' ...
To E. H. K. (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
ON THE RECEIPT OF A FAMILIAR POEM To me, like hauntings of a vagrant breath From some far forest which I once ...
Dream Song I (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Long years ago, within a distant clime, Ere Love had touched me with his wand sublime, I dreamed of one to make ...
Night Of Love (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
THE moon has left the sky, love,The stars are hiding now,And frowning on the world, love,Night bares her sable brow.The ...
Mare Rubrum (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
In Life's Red Sea with faith I plant my feet, And wait the sound of that sustaining word Which long ago the ...
Hope (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
DE dog go howlin' 'long de road,De night come shiverin' down;My back is tiahed of its load,I cain't be fu' ...
A Frolic (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
SWING yo' lady roun' an' roun', Do de bes' you know;Mek yo' bow an' p'omenade Up an' down de flo';Mek dat banjo ...
Slow Through The Dark (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race; Their footsteps drag far, far below the height, And, unprevailing by their utmost might, Seem ...
On The River (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
The sun is low, The waters flow, My boat is dancing to and fro. The eve is still, Yet from the hill The killdeer echoes ...
Harriet Beecher Stowe (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
She told the story, and the whole world wept At wrongs and cruelties it had not known But for this fearless woman's ...
Roses (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Oh, wind of the spring-time, oh, free wind of May, When blossoms and bird-song are rife; Oh, joy for the season, and ...
Till The Wind Gets Right (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
OH the breeze is blowin' balmyAnd the sun is in a haze;There's a cloud jest givin' coolness,To the laziest of ...
The Knight (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Our good knight, Ted, girds his broadsword on (And he wields it well, I ween); He 's on his steed, and away ...
At Sunset Time (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
A DOWN the west a golden glowSinks burning in the sea,And all the dreams of long agoCome flooding back to ...
In An English Garden (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
In this old garden, fair, I walk to-day Heart-charmed with all the beauty of the scene: The rich, luxuriant grasses' cooling green, The ...
Toast to Dayton (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Love of home, sublimest passion That the human heart can know!Changeless still, though fate and fashion Rise and fall and ebb and ...
A Misty Day (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Heart of my heart, the day is chill, The mist hangs low o'er the wooded hill, The soft white mist and the ...
The Mystic Sea (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
The smell of the sea in my nostrils, The sound of the sea in mine ears; The touch of the spray on ...
A Winter’s Day (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Across the hills and down the narrow ways, And up the valley where the free winds sweep, The earth is folded in ...
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 ...
A Love Song (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night, A long, loud cry to the empty sky, The cry of ...
The Poet And The Baby (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
How's a man to write a sonnet, can you tell,-- How's he going to weave the dim, poetic spell,-- When a-toddling on ...
Thou Art My Lute (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Thou art my lute, by thee I sing,-- My being is attuned to thee. Thou settest all my words a-wing, And meltest me ...
An Easy Goin’ Feller (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
Ther' ain't no use in all this strife,An' hurryin', pell-mell, right thro' life.I don't believe in goin' too fastTo see ...
When Winter Darkening All Around (Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems)
When winter covering all the ground Hides every sign of Spring, sir. However you may look around, Pray what will then you sing, ...