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Raymond Garfield Dandridge's Poetry, by title

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  • 'Ittle Touzle Head
    Cum, listen w'ile yore Unkel sings
    Erbout how low sweet chariot swings,
    33 lines
  • A Brook
    Reflecting ragged
    Flecks of white,
    12 lines
  • A Disagreement
    You say "That man was made to mourn."
    Would you have me believe it—
    12 lines
  • A Gray Day
    The skies are hung with sullen clouds,
    A fine mist chills the air,
    8 lines
  • A Recalled Prayer
    Sis Hannah May Liza, so Emphraim sayed,
    Stole out 'neaf a sycamo' tree an' prayed
    48 lines
  • A Resolution
    Mah ruddah's brokin, an' mah sail
    Wen' ovah bode, in las' night's gale;
    18 lines
  • A. L. Imes
    Some men go beyond their way
    To advertise, in bold display,
    5 lines
  • Arise
    Arise! ye humble undertrodden wight,
    Behold, at edge of yonder east,
    8 lines
  • At The Bier Of Hope
    The night winds drone, in mournful lay,
    A solemn requiem o'er the dead.
    13 lines
  • Between Lines
    (In a little book P. P.)
    Learned Sages,
    14 lines
  • Brother Mine
    Prejudice with venom smote every word and act;
    Snuffed was the light of knowledge from your view.
    28 lines
  • Censored
    My Harvah rit me week fo' las',
    Dat is, dat's w'en I got it;
    25 lines
  • Color Blind
    True I am black not by my will;
    I had no choice of hue,
    13 lines
  • De Drum Majah
    He's struttin' sho ernuff,
    Wearin' a lady's muff
    38 lines
  • De Innah Part
    I 'fess Ise ugly, big, an' ruff,
    Mah voice is husky, mannah's gruff;
    26 lines
  • Deceit
    No venomous cobra's stab e'er stung,
    Like nectared lies on a false friend's tongue.
    7 lines
  • Decreed
    (Matthew—2:15)
    Indirectly, out of Africa you came
    10 lines
  • Ease
    Oh! foolish one in quest of ease,
    Do you not know that ease on earth, for men,
    7 lines
  • Eternity
    Vast realm beyond the gate of death,
    Where craven scavengers and kings,
    8 lines
  • Everywhere
    How dare you question Him, or doubt,
    With proof conclusive all about?
    13 lines
  • Facts
    Triumphant Sable Heroes homeward turning,
    Arrayed in medals, bright, and half-healed scars,
    13 lines
  • Frenship
    (To G. B. P.)
    I have filched a mite ob time
    18 lines
  • Gone West
    O.W. D.
    I often wonder, Oscar,
    15 lines
  • Hahd Cidah
    Wondah whut on earf tiz ails me,
    Seems I see mo' outlan'ish t'ings,
    25 lines
  • In Ole Kintucky
    Dey greets you wid a nod an' smile,
    Way down in Ole Kintucky,
    34 lines
  • In Stripes
    Two rail pert sma't ellicks, fresh frum Smif's Normal School,
    Figgahed dey maik sport ob me, played me fo' a fool;
    13 lines
  • Judge Ye Not
    Remember, friend,
    Each harsh word spoken
    25 lines
  • Kassel B’Ildin’
    Hab you evah laid 'wake dreamin'
    B'ildin' kassels in de air,
    16 lines
  • Love
    Invisible, saccharined,
    Intoxicating stimulant,
    10 lines
  • Mah Depen’ Able Fren’
    He doan care how po' I am,
    Or dat folks calls me "Luckless Sam,"
    33 lines
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