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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
LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW
A BOY'S SUMMER SONG
THE SAND-MAN
JOHNNY SPEAKS
WINTER-SONG
A CHRISTMAS FOLKSONG
THE FOREST GREETING
THE LILY OF THE VALLEY
ENCOURAGED
TO J. Q.
DIPLOMACY
SCAMP
WADIN' IN DE CRICK
THE QUILTING
PARTED
FOREVER
THE PLANTATION CHILD'S LULLABY
TWILIGHT
CURIOSITY
OPPORTUNITY
PUTTIN' THE BABY AWAY
THE FISHER CHILD'S LULLABY
FAITH
THE FARM CHILD'S LULLABY
THE PLACE WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS
HOPE
APPRECIATION
A SONG
DAY
TO DAN
WHAT'S THE USE
A LAZY DAY
ADVICE
LIMITATIONS
A GOLDEN DAY
THE UNLUCKY APPLE
THE DISCOVERY
MORNING
THE AWAKENING
LOVE'S DRAFT
A MUSICAL
TWELL DE NIGHT IS PAS'
BLUE
DREAMIN' TOWN
AT NIGHT
KIDNAPED
COMPENSATION
WINTER'S APPROACH
ANCHORED
THE VETERAN
YESTERDAY AND TOMORROW
THE CHANGE
THE CHASE
SUPPOSE
THE DEATH OF THE FIRST BORN
BEIN' BACK HOME
THE OLD CABIN
DESPAIR
CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES
TILL THE WIND GETS RIGHT
A SUMMER NIGHT
AT SUNSET TIME
NIGHT
AT LOAFING-HOLT
WHEN A FELLER'S ITCHIN' TO BE SPANKED
THE RIVER OF RUIN
TO HER
A LOVE LETTER
AFTER MANY DAYS
LIZA MAY
THE MASTERS
TROUBLE IN DE KITCHEN
CHRISTMAS
ROSES AND PEARLS
RAIN-SONGS
A LOST DREAM
A SONG
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 :
