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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
TWO LITTLE BOOTS
TO THE ROAD
A SPRING WOOING
JOGGIN' ERLONG
IN MAY
DREAMS
THE TRYST
A PLEA
THE DOVE
A WARM DAY IN WINTER
SNOWIN'
KEEP A SONG UP ON DE WAY
THE TURNING OF THE BABIES IN THE BED
THE DANCE
SOLILOQUY OF A TURKEY
FISHING
A PLANTATION PORTRAIT
A LITTLE CHRISTMAS BASKET
THE VALSE
REPONSE
MY SWEET BROWN GAL
SPRING FEVER
THE VISITOR
SONG
THE COLORED BAND
TO A VIOLET FOUND ON ALL SAINTS' DAY
INSPIRATION
MY LADY OF CASTLE GRAND
DRIZZLE
DE CRITTERS' DANCE
WHEN DEY 'LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS
LINCOLN
ENCOURAGEMENT
THE BOOGAH MAN
THE WRAITH
SILENCE
WHIP-POOR-WILL AND KATY-DID
'LONG TO'DS NIGHT
A GRIEVANCE
DINAH KNEADING DOUGH
TO A CAPTIOUS CRITIC
DAT OL' MARE O' MINE
IN THE MORNING
THE POET
A FLORIDA NIGHT
DIFFERENCES
LONG AGO
A PLANTATION MELODY
A SPIRITUAL
THE MEMORY OF MARTHA
W'EN I GITS HOME
“HOWDY, HONEY, HOWDY!”
THE UNSUNG HEROES
THE POOL
POSSESSION
THE OLD FRONT GATE
DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER
A FROLIC
NODDIN' BY DE FIRE
LOVE'S CASTLE
MORNING SONG OF LOVE
ON A CLEAN BOOK
TO THE EASTERN SHORE
RELUCTANCE
BALLADE
SPEAKIN' AT DE COU'THOUSE
BLACK SAMSON OF BRANDYWINE
THE LOOKING-GLASS
A MISTY DAY
LI'L' GAL
DOUGLASS
WHEN SAM'L SINGS
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON
THE MONK'S WALK
LOVE-SONG
SLOW THROUGH THE DARK
THE MURDERED LOVER
PHILOSOPHY
A PREFERENCE
THE DEBT
ON THE DEDICATION OF DOROTHY HALL
A ROADWAY
BY RUGGED WAYS
LOVE'S SEASONS
TO A DEAD FRIEND
TO THE SOUTH
THE HAUNTED OAK
WELTSCHMERTZ
ROBERT GOULD SHAW
ROSES
A LOVE SONG
ITCHING HEELS
TO AN INGRATE
IN THE TENTS OF AKBAR
THE FOUNT OF TEARS
LIFE'S TRAGEDY
DE WAY T'INGS COME
NOON
AT THE TAVERN
DEATH
NIGHT, DIM NIGHT
LYRICS OF LOVE AND SORROW
LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW
MISCELLANEOUS
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The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar :
TO A CAPTIOUS CRITIC
Dear
critic, who my lightness so deplores,
Would I might study to be prince of bores,
Right wisely would I rule that dull estate—
But, sir, I may not, till you abdicate.
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