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The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar :
Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872-1906)
LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE
LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE
HUMOUR AND DIALECT
LYRICS OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER
LYRICS OF LOVE AND SORROW
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III
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LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW
MISCELLANEOUS
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The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar :
ENCOURAGED
Because
you love me I have much achieved,
Had you despised me then I must have failed,
But since I knew you trusted and believed,
I could not disappoint you and so prevailed.
The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar :