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Paul Laurence Dunbar
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(1872-1904)
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A Banjo Song
Oh, dere's lots o' keer an' trouble
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A Border Ballad
Oh, I have n't got long to live, for we all
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A Career
"Break me my bounds, and let me fly
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A Christmas Folksong
De win' is blowin' wahmah,
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A Confidence
Uncle John, he makes me tired;
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A Coquette Conquered
Yes, my ha't 's ez ha'd ez stone--
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A Corn-Song
On the wide veranda white,
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A Creed and Not a Creed
I am no priest of crooks nor creeds,
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A Death Song
Lay me down beneaf de willers in
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A Drowsy Day
The air is dark, the sky is gray,
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A Florida Night
Win' a-blowin' gentle so de san' lay
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A Golden Day
I Found you and I lost you,
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A Love Letter
Oh, I des received a letter f'om de
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A Lyric
My lady love lives far away,
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A Madrigal
Dream days of fond delight and hours,
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A Negro Love Song
Seen my lady home las' night,
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A Plea
Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane,
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A Prayer
Oh Lord, the hard won miles
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A Question
I wist not that I had the pow'r to sing,
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A Starry Night
A cloud fell down from the heavens,
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A Summer Night
Summah is de lovin' time--
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A Summer Pastoral
It's hot to-day. The bees is buzzin'
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A Summer's Night
The night is dewy as a maiden's mouth,
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A Thanksgiving Poem
The sun hath shed its kindly light,
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Accountability
Folks aint got no right to censuah uthah folks ahout
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Advice
W'en you full o' worry
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After a Visit
I be'n down in ole Kentucky
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After the Quarrel
So we, who've supped the self-same cup,
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After While
I think that though the clouds be dark,
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Alice
Know you, winds that blow your course
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An Ante-Bellum Sermon
We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs,
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An Easter Ode
To the cold, dark grave they go
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An Easy-Goin' Feller
Ther' ain't no use in all this strife,
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An Old Memory
How sweet the music sounded
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At the Tavern
A lilt and a swing,
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Barrier, The
The Midnight wooed the Morning Star,
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Beyond the Years
Beyond the years the answer lies,
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Blue
Stannin' at de winder,
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By the Stream
By the stream I dream in calm delight, and
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Colored Band, The
W'en de colo'ed ban' comes ma'chin' down de street,
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Colored Soldiers, The
If the muse were mine to tempt it
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Confirmation
He was a poet who wrote clever verses,
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Conscience And Remorse
"Good-Bye," I said to my conscience--
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Corn Stalk Fiddle, The
When the corn's all cut and the bright
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Debt, The
This is the debt I pay
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Deserted Plantation, The
Oh, de grubbin'-hoe's a-rustin' in de co'nah,
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Douglass
Ah, Douglass we have fall'n on evil days,
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Encouraged
Because you love me I have much achieved,
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Encouragement
Who dat knockin' at de do'?
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Ere Sleep Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,
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Farm Child's Lullaby, The
Oh, the little bird is rocking in the cradle of the wind,
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Frederick Douglass
A hush is over all the teeming lists,
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Haunted Oak, The
Pray why are you so bare, so bare,
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He Had His Dream
He had his dream, and all through life,
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Howdy, Honey, Howdy
DO' a-stan'in' on a jar, fiah a-shinin'
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In the Morning
'Lias! 'Lias! Bless de Lawd!
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Ione
Ah, yes, 't is sweet still to remember,
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Lawyers' Way, The
I've been list'nin' to them lawyers
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Little Brown Baby
Little brown baby wif spa'klin' eyes,
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Longing
If you could sit with me beside the sea to-day,
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Lover and the Moon, The
A lover whom duty called over the wave,
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Morning
The mist has left the greening plain,
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Mystery, The
I was not; now I am--a few days hence
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Night of Love
The moon has left the sky, love,
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Not They Who Soar
Not they who soar, but they who plod
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Ode to Ethiopia
O Mother Race! to thee I bring
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Old Front Gate, The
W'en daih's chillun in de house,
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Passion and Love
A maiden wept and, as a comforter,
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Poet and His Song, The
A song is but a little thing,
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Poet, The
He sang of life, serenely sweet,
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Retort
"Thou art a fool," said my head to my heart,
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Rivals, The
'Twas three an' thirty year ago,
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Sand-Man, The
I know a man
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Seedling, The
As a quiet little seedling
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Ships that Pass in The Night
Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing;
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Signs of the Time
Air a-gittin' cool an' coolah,
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Song
My heart to thy heart,
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Sympathy
I know what the caged bird feels.
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Theology
There is a heaven, for ever, day by day,
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To Dan
Step me now a bridal measure,
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To Louise
Oh, the poets may sing of their Lady Irenes,
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Trouble in De Kitchen
Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot;
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Two Songs
A Bee that was searching for sweets one day
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Unexpressed
Deep in my heart that aches with the repression,
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Unlucky Apple, The
'Twas the apple that in Eden
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We Wear the Mask
We wear the mask that grins and lies,
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When De Co'n Pone's Hot
Dey is times in life when Nature
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When Dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers
Dey was talkin' in de cabin, dey was talkin' in de hall;
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When Malindy Sings
G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy --
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Why Fades a Dream?
Why fades a dream?
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