Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dreams
... Wealth, fame, and love, ah! love that beams ...
A Little Christmas Basket
... Wha 's de use o' preachin' 'ligion to a man dat's sta'ved to def, ...
The Conquerors
... Heaven would have crowned you, with crowns not of gold but of bay, ...
Curtain
... Scapegrace comes home money-laden, ...
The Pool
... And listened beneath the dank leaves, dear love, ...
Just Whistle A Bit
... And with song in your heart and the meal in--its place, ...
Preparation
... And it flutters a little and prunes its wings ...
Love
... From all that men with brush and pen had wrought ...
The Old Front Gate
... 'Cause daih ain't no 'sputin' dis, ...
A Love Song
... Ever and ever thro' day and thro' night shall I cling to thee ...
A Corn-Song
... Though the halting steps be labored, slow, and weary ...
Anchored
... for to-morrow, I could not choose to go beyond ...
The Change Has Come
... From which each passing day would borrow! ...
Twell De Night Is Pas'
... All de night long twell de break of de day, ...
When A Feller's Itching To Be Spanked
... Ol' folks know most ever'thing 'bout the world, I guess, ...
