The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence DunbarDunbar, Paul Laurence
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The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Dunbar, Paul Laurence
African Americans -- Poetry
Daih's a moughty soothin' feelin' 187
Darling, my darling, my heart is on the wing 202
Days git wa'm an' wa'mah 239
De axes has been ringin' in de woods de blessid day 143
De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay 145
De 'cession's stahted on de gospel way 194
De da'kest hour, dey allus say 165
De dog go howlin' 'long de road 247
De night creep down erlong de lan' 166
De ol' time's gone, de new time's hyeah 192
De sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow 256
De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way 158
De trees is bendin' in de sto'm 193
De way t'ings come, hit seems to me 225
De win' is blowin' wahmah 236
De win' is hollahin' "Daih you" to de shuttahs an' de fiah 174
Dear critic, who my lightness so deplores 189
Dear heart, good-night! 23
Dear Miss Lucy: I been t'inkin' dat I'd write you long fo' dis 151
Deep in my heart that aches with the repression 25
Dey been speakin' at de cou't-house 205
Dey had a gread big pahty down to Tom's de othah night 83
Dey is snow upon the meddahs 168
Dey is times in life when Nature 57
Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot 268
Dey was talkin' in de cabin, dey was talkin' in de hall 182
Dey's a so't o' threatenin' feelin' in de blowin' of de breeze 171
Dinah stan' befo' de glass 206
Dis is gospel weathah sho'-- 26
Do' a-stan'in' on a jar, fiah a-shinin' thoo 196
Dolly sits a-quilting by her mother, stitch by stitch 240
Done are the toils and the wearisome marches 22
Dream days of fond delight and hours 287
Dream on, for dreams are sweet 100
Driftwood gathered here and there 277
Duck come switchin' 'cross de lot 275
Ef dey's anyt'ing dat riles me 141
Ef you's only got de powah fe' to blow a little whistle 250
Eight of 'em hyeah all tol' an' yet 243
Emblem of blasted hope and lost desire 115
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes 3
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