The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Author

Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906

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Produced by Leonard Johnson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at www.pgdp.net

Language

English

LoC Class

PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature

Subject

African Americans -- Poetry

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Text

eBook-No.

18338

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/18338

Release Date

May 7, 2006

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE COMPLETE POEMS OF PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR — WITH THE INTRODUCTION TO "LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE" — BY — W. D. HOWELLS — DEDICATIONS
2. 2.INTRODUCTION TO LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE
3. 3.INDEX OF TITLES
4. 4.INDEX OF FIRST LINES
5. 5.LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE — ERE SLEEP COMES DOWN TO SOOTHE THE WEARY EYES — THE POET AND HIS SONG — RETORT — ACCOUNTABILITY — FREDERICK DOUGLASS — LIFE — THE LESSON — THE RISING OF THE STORM — SUNSET — THE OLD APPLE-TREE — A PRAYER — PASSION AND LOVE — THE SEEDLING — PROMISE — FULFILMENT. — SONG — AN ANTE-BELLUM SERMON — ODE TO ETHIOPIA — THE CORN-STALK FIDDLE — THE MASTER-PLAYER — THE MYSTERY — NOT THEY WHO SOAR — WHITTIER — TWO SONGS — A BANJO SONG — LONGING — THE PATH — THE LAWYERS' WAYS — ODE FOR MEMORIAL DAY — PREMONITION — RETROSPECTION — UNEXPRESSED — SONG OF SUMMER — SPRING SONG — TO LOUISE — THE RIVALS — THE LOVER AND THE MOON — CONSCIENCE AND REMORSE — IONE — I — II — III — RELIGION — DEACON JONES' GRIEVANCE — ALICE — AFTER THE QUARREL — BEYOND THE YEARS — I — II — III — AFTER A VISIT — CURTAIN — THE SPELLIN'-BEE — KEEP A-PLUGGIN' AWAY — NIGHT OF LOVE — COLUMBIAN ODE — I — II — III — A BORDER BALLAD — AN EASY-GOIN' FELLER — A NEGRO LOVE SONG — THE DILETTANTE: A MODERN TYPE — BY THE STREAM — THE COLORED SOLDIERS — NATURE AND ART — TO MY FRIEND CHARLES BOOTH NETTLETON — I — II — AFTER WHILE — A POEM OF FAITH — THE OL' TUNES — MELANCHOLIA — THE WOOING — MERRY AUTUMN — WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT — BALLAD — THE CHANGE HAS COME — COMPARISON — A CORN-SONG — DISCOVERED — DISAPPOINTED — INVITATION TO LOVE — HE HAD HIS DREAM — GOOD-NIGHT — A COQUETTE CONQUERED — NORA: A SERENADE — OCTOBER — A SUMMER'S NIGHT — SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT — THE DELINQUENT — DAWN — A DROWSY DAY — DIRGE — HYMN — PREPARATION — THE DESERTED PLANTATION — THE SECRET — THE WIND AND THE SEA — RIDING TO TOWN — WE WEAR THE MASK — THE MEADOW LARK — ONE LIFE — CHANGING TIME — DEAD — A CONFIDENCE — PHYLLIS — RIGHT'S SECURITY — IF — THE SONG — SIGNS OF THE TIMES — WHY FADES A DREAM? — THE SPARROW — SPEAKIN' O' CHRISTMAS — LONESOME — GROWIN' GRAY — TO THE MEMORY OF MARY YOUNG — WHEN MALINDY SINGS — THE PARTY
6. 6.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. — ON THE RECEIPT OF A FAMILIAR POEM — 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 — LOVE'S CHASTENING — MORTALITY — LOVE — SHE GAVE ME A ROSE — DREAM SONG I — 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 — THE BLACK TROOPS IN CUBA — 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
7. 7.HUMOUR AND DIALECT — THEN AND NOW — THEN — NOW — AT CHESHIRE CHEESE — MY CORN-COB PIPE — IN AUGUST — THE DISTURBER — EXPECTATION — LOVER'S LANE — PROTEST — HYMN — LITTLE BROWN BABY — TIME TO TINKER 'ROUN'! — THE REAL QUESTION — JILTED — THE NEWS — CHRISMUS ON THE PLANTATION — ANGELINA — FOOLIN' WID DE SEASONS — MY SORT O' MAN — POSSUM — ON THE ROAD — A DEATH SONG — A BACK-LOG SONG — LULLABY — THE PHOTOGRAPH — JEALOUS — PARTED — TEMPTATION — POSSUM TROT — DELY — BREAKING THE CHARM — HUNTING SONG — A LETTER — CHRISMUS IS A-COMIN' — A CABIN TALE — THE YOUNG MASTER ASKS FOR A STORY — AT CANDLE-LIGHTIN' TIME — WHISTLING SAM — HOW LUCY BACKSLID
8. 8.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 F. N. — TO THE EASTERN SHORE — RELUCTANCE — BALLADE — L'ENVOI. — SPEAKIN' AT DE COU'T-HOUSE — 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 — TUSKEGEE, ALA., APRIL 22, 1901. — A ROADWAY — BY RUGGED WAYS — LOVE'S SEASONS — TO A DEAD FRIEND — TO THE SOUTH — ON ITS NEW SLAVERY — 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
9. 9.LYRICS OF LOVE AND SORROW — I — II — III — IV — V
10. 10.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 TO-MORROW — 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
11. 11.MISCELLANEOUS — THE CAPTURE — WHEN WINTER DARKENING ALL AROUND — FROM THE PORCH AT RUNNYMEDE — EQUIPMENT — EVENING — TO PFRIMMER — TO THE MIAMI — CHRISTMAS CAROL — A SUMMER PASTORAL — IN SUMMER TIME — A THANKSGIVING POEM — NUTTING SONG — LOVE'S PICTURES — THE OLD HOMESTEAD — ON THE DEATH OF W. C. — AN OLD MEMORY — A CAREER — ON THE RIVER — POOR WITHERED ROSE — WORN OUT — JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY — A MADRIGAL — A STARRY NIGHT — A LYRIC — HOW SHALL I WOO THEE
12. 12.TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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