Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Encouragement
... Speak up, Ike, an' 'spress yo'se'f ...
A Choice
... 'T is true the world should heed its wrongs, ...
Confirmation
... He called on his sweetheart each Saturday evening, ...
Morning
... Until the rose says "Kiss me, please," ...
My Little March Girl
... Blow, Wind, and grow, Wind, and eddy and swirl, ...
If I Could But Forget
... The prayers that I might set love's fire ...
Frederick Douglass
... And place our banner where his hopes were set!Oh, Douglass, thou hast passed beyond the shore, ...
Common Things
... To things that aren't quite so grand, ...
When Malindy Sings
... To de very gates of God!Oh, hit's sweetah dan de music ...
To Dan
... Check that scalpel's senseless bawling, ...
Merry Autumn
... And leaves that should be dressed in black ...
Distinction
... "I am but clay," the sinner plead, ...
Song
... Bird-song, breeze-wail, chune er moan, ...
Theology
... for pray If there were not, where would my neighbours go ...
The Barrier
... "Oh, whining fools," he cried, "have done, ...
