Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Forest Greeting
... But our triumph call through the forest hall ...
A Plantation Portrait
... Is it true? Whaih you been f'om day to day, ...
Ballad
... For quenched is life's dear spark, ...
Black Sampson Of Brandywine
... "In the fight at Brandywine, Black Samson, a giant negro armed with ...
Two Songs
... With the winds and the waves and the flowers at play ...
On The Death Of W. C.
... Weep not for him, for when Death lowers ...
By Rugged Ways
... Yet shall there come, spite storm and shock, ...
The Photograph
... Some bright day I 's goin' back, ...
Premonition
... And the voice that sings gives a telltale quiver ...
On A Clean Book
... God give you love and lore and strength, ...
The Delinquent
... Ef 't hadn't a be'n fur you, you slow ole fool, ...
The Dreamer
... But lo! what he had dreamed, the while he dreamed, ...
The Lily Of The Valley
... Still her heart blooms forth its beauty ...
Despair
... Since cursed is my hearing and seeing ...
The Wraith
... While the wind rides by on the hill, ...
