Poems by Paul Laurence Dunbar
The Awakening
... The days grew brief with love and lack of pain ...
The Discovery
... I've learned the way to find Queen Mab and elf and fay ...
A Sailor's Song
... For the ship 's my wife, and the breath of life ...
Hymn
... When life's great battle waxeth warm ...
De Critters' Dance
... Well, dey talked an' made dey 'bejunce, des lak critters do, ...
In August
... Some flies, some lines, some bait, some hooks, ...
Passion And Love
... Until she smiled, approached, and touched his hand! ...
For The Man Who Fails
... We sit at life's board with our nerves highstrung, ...
The Poet and his Song
... They cannot feel my spirit's spell, ...
A Love Letter
... But hyeah's de t'ing dat's puttin' me in such a awful plight, ...
The Fisher Child's Lullaby
... I peer through the darkness that wraps the shore, ...
Jealous
... Look hyeah, man, I 'll fight you, ...
Expectation
... 'T ain't no use to try to 'spute it, ...
Nature And Art. To My Friend Charles Booth Nettleton
... And from his lips these words flowed forth like wine: ...
Discovered
... What I mean? oh, dat 's all right, ...
