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Paul Laurence Dunbar's Poetry, by title

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  • 'Long To'Ds Night
    DAIH'S a moughty soothin' feelin'
    Hits a dahky man,
    39 lines
  • A Back-Log Song
    De axes has been ringin' in de woods de blessid day,
        An' de chips has been a-fallin' fa' an' thick;
    34 lines
  • A Banjo Song
    OH, dere's lots o' keer an' trouble
    In dis world to swaller down;
    64 lines
  • A Border Ballad
    OH, I haven't got long to live, for we all
    Die soon, e'en those who live longest;
    24 lines
  • A Boy's Summer Song
    'Tis fine to play
    In the fragrant hay,
    24 lines
  • A Bridal Measure
    Come, essay a sprightly measure,
      Tuned to some light song of pleasure.
    33 lines
  • A Cabin Tale
    THE YOUNG MASTER ASKS FOR A STORY
      Whut you say, dah? huh, uh! chile,
    116 lines
  • A Career
    "Break me my bounds, and let me fly
      To regions vast of boundless sky;
    26 lines
  • A Choice
    They please me not-- these solemn songs
    That hint of sermons covered up.
    8 lines, 2 comments
  • A Christmas Folksong
    DE win' is blowin' wahmah,
    An hit's blowin' f'om de bay;
    48 lines
  • A Confidence
    UNCLE JOHN, he makes me tired;
    Thinks 'at he's jest so all-fired
    90 lines
  • A Coquette Conquered
    Yes, my ha't's ez ha'd ez stone—
    Go 'way, Sam, an' lemme 'lone.
    29 lines
  • A Corn-Song
    ON the wide veranda white,
    In the purple failing light,
    40 lines
  • A Death Song
    Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass,
    Whah de branch 'll go a-singin' as it pass.
    17 lines, 1 comment
  • A Drowsy Day
    THE air is dark, the sky is gray,
    The misty shadows come and go,
    30 lines
  • A Farm House by the River
    I know a little country place
    Where still my heart doth linger,
    40 lines
  • A Florida Night
    Win' a-blowin' gentle so de san' lay low,
        San' a little heavy f'om de rain,
    25 lines
  • A Frolic
    SWING yo' lady roun' an' roun',
    Do de bes' you know;
    24 lines
  • A Golden Day
    I FOUND you and I lost you,
    All on a gleaming day.
    12 lines
  • A Grievance
    Wen de snow 's a-fallin'
        An' de win' is col'.
    43 lines
  • A Hymn
    AFTER READING "LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT."
      Lead gently, Lord, and slow,
    25 lines
  • A Lazy Day
    THE trees bend down along the stream,
    Where anchored swings my tiny boat.
    17 lines
  • A Letter
    Dear Miss Lucy: I been t'inkin' dat I 'd write you long fo' dis,
      But dis writin' 's mighty tejous, an' you know jes' how it i
    42 lines
  • A Little Christmas Basket
    De win' is hollahin' "Daih you" to de shuttahs an' de fiah,
        De snow's a-sayin' "Got you" to de groun',
    25 lines
  • A Lost Dream
    AH, I have changed, I do not know
    Why lonely hours affect me so.
    48 lines
  • A Love Letter
    OH, I des received a letter f'om de sweetest little gal;
    Oh, my; oh, my.
    24 lines
  • A Love Song
    Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night,
      A long, loud cry to the empty sky,
    17 lines, 2 comments
  • A Lyric
    My lady love lives far away,
      And oh my heart is sad by day,
    28 lines
  • A Madrigal
    Dream days of fond delight and hours
        As rosy-hued as dawn, are mine.
    26 lines
  • A Misty Day
    Heart of my heart, the day is chill,
      The mist hangs low o'er the wooded hill,
    16 lines
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