Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Lawyers' Ways
... In the court house up the street, ...
Ballade
... Oh, once loved, sluggish, darkling stream, ...
Sonnet On An Old Book With Uncut Leaves
... How different was the thought of him that writ ...
An Easy Goin' Feller
... I allus try To do my dooty right straight up, ...
Love's Humility
... So I, whose soul doth know thy wondrous worth ...
Thou Art My Lute
... My song, my soul, my life, my all, ...
Over The Hills
... Life is the night with its dream-visions teeming, ...
Phyllis
... Love that should bring me youth's happiest heyday ...
A Bridal Measure
... All the world with flowers is strewing, ...
A Summer Pastoral
... Git up, there, Suke! you, Sal, git over! ...
We Wear the Mask
... It hides our cheeks and shades our eyes,&mdash ...
Harriet Beecher Stowe
... Blest be the hand that dared be strong to save, ...
In Summer Time
... Though pauper poor, than king more blest, ...
Fishing
... I 's erfeahed dat dey 'll quit bitin', case dey hyeah my hea't go "thump," ...
The Lover And The Moon
... But "How," spoke the youth, "have you kept your charge ...
