Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
When Winter Darkening All Around
... If words grow dull and rhymes grow rare, ...
Ode for Memorial Day
... Flowers that sweeten the world with their breath ...
The Tryst
... Hit's lonesome, ain't it, stan'in' thaih ...
Parted
... And I thought I was gaining a fearsome prize, ...
Disappointed.
... Then the spirits that raged in the darkened air ...
After a Visit
... Cain't you talk about nuthin' else ...
A Confidence
... Y' ought 'o see her when she's dressed ...
The Dance
... Still let your movements be dainty and light, ...
On The Dedication Of Dorothy Hall
... Always the clouds of pregnant black were riven ...
My Lady Of Castle Grand
... Blue are the veins in her lily-white hands, ...
Why Fades A Dream
... Wrought out by lack of light and made ...
Changing Time
... But the rough-voiced breeze, that shook the trees, ...
The Old Homestead
... While the moon peeped through the barn chinks ...
The Right to Die
... Full deeply drunk of life, has reached the dregs, ...
Snowin'
... Look hyeah, boy, you stop yo' foolin', bring ol' Spot, an' bring de ax ...
