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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

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LYRICS OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER

TWO LITTLE BOOTS

A SPRING WOOING

A WARM DAY IN WINTER

KEEP A SONG UP ON DE WAY

THE TURNING OF THE BABIES IN THE BED

SOLILOQUY OF A TURKEY

A PLANTATION PORTRAIT

A LITTLE CHRISTMAS BASKET

MY SWEET BROWN GAL

THE COLORED BAND

TO A VIOLET FOUND ON ALL SAINTS' DAY

MY LADY OF CASTLE GRAND

DE CRITTERS' DANCE

WHEN DEY 'LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS

WHIP-POOR-WILL AND KATY-DID

'LONG TO'DS NIGHT

DINAH KNEADING DOUGH

TO A CAPTIOUS CRITIC

DAT OL' MARE O' MINE

A FLORIDA NIGHT

A PLANTATION MELODY

THE MEMORY OF MARTHA

W'EN I GITS HOME

“HOWDY, HONEY, HOWDY!”

THE UNSUNG HEROES

THE OLD FRONT GATE

DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER

NODDIN' BY DE FIRE

MORNING SONG OF LOVE

ON A CLEAN BOOK

TO THE EASTERN SHORE

SPEAKIN' AT DE COU'THOUSE

BLACK SAMSON OF BRANDYWINE

THE LOOKING-GLASS

WHEN SAM'L SINGS

BOOKER T. WASHINGTON

THE MONK'S WALK

SLOW THROUGH THE DARK

THE MURDERED LOVER

ON THE DEDICATION OF DOROTHY HALL

TO A DEAD FRIEND

THE HAUNTED OAK

ROBERT GOULD SHAW

IN THE TENTS OF AKBAR

THE FOUNT OF TEARS

DE WAY T'INGS COME

NIGHT, DIM NIGHT

LYRICS OF LOVE AND SORROW

LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW

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TO J. Q.

What are the things that make life bright?
A star gleam in the night.
What hearts us for the coming fray?
The dawn tints of the day.
What helps to speed the weary mile?
A brother's friendly smile.
What turns o' gold the evening gray?
A flower beside the way.