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The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar :
Dunbar, Paul Laurence (1872-1906)
LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE
LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE
LOVE'S APOTHEOSIS
THE PARADOX
OVER THE HILLS
WITH THE LARK
IN SUMMER
THE MYSTIC SEA
A SAILOR'S SONG
THE BOHEMIAN
ABSENCE
HER THOUGHT AND HIS
THE RIGHT TO DIE
BEHIND THE ARRAS
WHEN THE OLD MAN SMOKES
THE GARRET
TO E. H. K.
A BRIDAL MEASURE
VENGEANCE IS SWEET
A HYMN AFTER READING “LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT.”
JUST WHISTLE A BIT
THE BARRIER
DREAMS
THE DREAMER
WAITING
THE END OF THE CHAPTER
SYMPATHY
LOVE AND GRIEF
MORTALITY
LOVE
SHE GAVE ME A ROSE
I.
DREAM SONG I
II.
DREAM SONG II
CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART
THE KING IS DEAD
THEOLOGY
RESIGNATION
LOVE'S HUMILITY
PRECEDENT
SHE TOLD HER BEADS
LITTLE LUCY LANDMAN
THE GOURD
THE KNIGHT
THOU ART MY LUTE
THE PHANTOM KISS
COMMUNION
MARE RUBRUM
IN AN ENGLISH GARDEN
THE CRISIS
THE CONQUERORS
ALEXANDER CRUMMELL—DEAD
WHEN ALL IS DONE
THE POET AND THE BABY
DISTINCTION
THE SUM
SONNET ON AN OLD BOOK WITH UNCUT LEAVES
ON THE SEA WALL
TO A LADY PLAYING THE HARP
CONFESSIONAL
MISAPPREHENSION
PROMETHEUS
LOVE'S PHASES
FOR THE MAN WHO FAILS
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE
VAGRANTS
A WINTER'S DAY
MY LITTLE MARCH GIRL
REMEMBERED
LOVE DESPOILED
THE LAPSE
THE WARRIOR'S PRAYER
FAREWELL TO ARCADY
THE VOICE OF THE BANJO
THE STIRRUP CUP
A CHOICE
HUMOUR AND DIALECT
LYRICS OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER
LYRICS OF LOVE AND SORROW
LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW
MISCELLANEOUS
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The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar :
DISTINCTION
“
I am
but clay,” the sinner plead,
Who fed each vain desire.
“Not only clay,” another said,
“But worse, for thou art mire.”
The Collected Poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar :
