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The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar is a collection of all his known poetry and includes the following books in their entirety:
Lyrics of Lowly Life.
Lyrics of the Heartside.
Lyrics of Humour and Dialect
Lyrics of Love and Laughter.
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow.
Miscellaneous Poems

Source: Paul Laurence Dunbar The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company)

Lexile Level: TBD
Origin: American
Genre: Poetry
Reading Level: 6.5 Language: English File name: cppd
Sunshine State Standards:
LA.A.2.4: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts.
LA.D.2.4: The student understands the power of language.
LA.E.2.4: The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.

Theme: Love, Beauty, Mortality
Reading Strategy: TBD

Click here to start reading online

To download MP3s, classroom support material, and printable PDFs, see individual chapters:

Lyrics of Lowly Life

Poem 1: "Ere Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes"

Poem 2: "The Poet and His Song"

Poem 3: "Retort"

Poem 4: "Accountability"

Poem 5: "Frederick Douglass"

Poem 6: "Life"

Poem 7: "The Lesson"

Poem 8: "The Rising of the Storm"

Poem 9: "Sunset"

Poem 10: "The Old Apple-Tree"

Poem 11: "A Prayer"

Poem 12: "Passion and Love"

Poem 13: "The Seedling"

Poem 14: "Promise"

Poem 15: "Fulfilment"

Poem 16: "Song"

Poem 17: "An Ante-Bellum Sermon"

Poem 18: "Ode to Ethiopia"

Poem 19: "The Corn-Stalk Fiddle"

Poem 20: "The Master-Player"

Poem 21: "The Mystery"

Poem 22: "Not They Who Soar"

Poem 23: "Whittier"

Poem 24: "Two Songs"

Poem 25: "A Banjo Song"

Poem 26: "Longing"

Poem 27: "The Path"

Poem 28: "The Lawyer's Way"

Poem 29: "Ode for Memorial Day"

Poem 30: "Premonition"

Poem 31: "Retrospection"

Poem 32: "Unexpressed"

Poem 33: "Song of Summer"

Poem 34: "Spring Song"

Poem 35: "To Louise"

Poem 36: "The Rivals"

Poem 37: "The Lover and the Moon"

Poem 38: "Conscience and Remorse"

Poem 39: "Ione"

Poem 40: "Religion"

Poem 41: "Deacon Jones' Grievance"

Poem 42: "Alice"

Poem 43: "After the Quarrel"

Poem 44: "Beyond the Years"

Poem 45: "After a Visit"

Poem 46: "Curtain"

Poem 47: "The Spellin'-Bee"

Poem 48: "Keep a-plugging Away"

Poem 49: "Night of Love"

Poem 50: "Columbian Ode"

Poem 51: "A Border Ballad"

Poem 52: "An Easy-goin' Feller"

Poem 53: "A Negro Love Song"

Poem 54: "The Dilletante: A Modern Type"

Poem 55: "By the Stream"

Poem 56: "The Colored Soldiers"

Poem 57: "Nature and Art"

Poem 58: "After While"

Poem 59: "The Ol' Tunes"

Poem 60: "Melancholia"

Poem 61: "The Wooing"

Poem 62: "Merry Autumn"

Poem 63: "When De Co'n Pone's Hot"

Poem 64: "Ballad"

Poem 65: "The Change Has Come"

Poem 66: "Comparison"

Poem 67: "A Corn-Song"

Poem 68: "Discovered"

Poem 69: "Disappointed"

Poem 70: "Invitation to Love"

Poem 71: "He Had His Dream"

Poem 72: "Good-Night"

Poem 73: "A Coquette Conquered"

Poem 74: "Nora: A Serenade"

Poem 75: "October"

Poem 76: "A Summer's Night"

Poem 77: "Ships that Pass in the Night"

Poem 78: "The Delinquent"

Poem 79: "Dawn"

Poem 80: "A Drowsy Day"

Poem 81: "Dirge"

Poem 82: "Hymn"

Poem 83: "Preparation"

Poem 84: "The Deserted Plantation"

Poem 85: "The Secret"

Poem 86: "The Wind and the Sea"

Poem 87: "Riding to Town"

Poem 88: "We Wear the Mask"

Poem 89: "The Meadow Lark"

Poem 90: "One Life"

Poem 91: "Changing Time"

Poem 92: "Dead"

Poem 93: "A Confidence"

Poem 94: "Phyllis"

Poem 95: "Right's Security"

Poem 96: "If"

Poem 97: "The Song"

Poem 98: "Signs of the Times"

Poem 99: "Why Fades a Dream"

Poem 100: "The Sparrow"

Poem 101: "Speakin' O' Christmas"

Poem 102: "Lonesome"

Poem 103: "Growin' Gray"

Poem 104: "To the Memory of Mary Young"

Poem 105: "When Malindy Sings"

Poem 106: "The Party"

Lyrics of the Heartside

Poem 107: "Loves Apotheosis"

Poem 108: "The Paradox"

Poem 109: "Over the Hills"

Poem 110: "With the Lark"

Poem 111: "In Summer"

Poem 112: "The Mystic Sea"

Poem 113: "A Sailor's Song"

Poem 114: "The Bohemian"

Poem 115: "Absence"

Poem 116: "Her Thoughts and His"

Poem 117: "The Right to Die"

Poem 118: "Behind the Arras"

Poem 119: "When the Old Man Smokes"

Poem 120: "The Garrett"

Poem 121: "To E.H.K."

Poem 122: "A Bridal Measure"

Poem 123: "Vengeance is Sweet"

Poem 124: "A Hymn—After Reading 'Lead, Kindly Light"

Poem 125: "Just Whistle a Bit"

Poem 126: "The Barrier"

Poem 127: "Dreams"

Poem 128: "The Dreamer"

Poem 129: "Waiting"

Poem 130: "The End of the Chapter"

Poem 131: "Sympathy"

Poem 132: "Love and Grief"

Poem 133: "Love's Chastening"

Poem 134: "Mortality"

Poem 135: "Love"

Poem 136: "She Gave Me a Rose"

Poem 137: "Dream Song. I"

Poem 138: "Dream Song. II"

Poem 139: "Christmas in the Heart"

Poem 140: "The King is Dead"

Poem 141: "Theology"

Poem 142: "Resignation"

Poem 143: "Love's Humility"

Poem 144: "Precedent"

Poem 145: "She Told Her Beads"

Poem 146: "Little Lucy Landman"

Poem 147: "The Gourd"

Poem 148: "The Knight"

Poem 149: "Thou Art My Lute"

Poem 150: "The Phantom Kiss"

Poem 151: "Communion"

Poem 152: "Mare Rubrum"

Poem 153: "In an English Garden"

Poem 154: "The Crisis"

Poem 155: "The Conquerors (Black Troops in Cuba)"

Poem 156: "Alexander Crummell - Dead"

Poem 157: "When All is Done"

Poem 158: "The Poet and the Baby"

Poem 159: "Distinction"

Poem 160: "The Sum"

Poem 161: "Sonnet (On an Old Book With Uncut Leaves)"

Poem 162: "On the Sea Wall"

Poem 163: "To a Lady Playing the Harp"

Poem 164: "Confessional"

Poem 165: "Misapprehension"

Poem 166: "Prometheus"

Poem 167: "Love's Phases"

Poem 168: "For the Man Who Fails"

Poem 169: "Harriet Beecher Stowe"

Poem 170: "Vagrants"

Poem 171: "A Winter's Day"

Poem 172: "My Little March Girl"

Poem 173: "Remembered"

Poem 174: "Love Despoiled"

Poem 175: "The Lapse"

Poem 176: "The Warriors Prayer"

Poem 177: "Farewell to Arcady"

Poem 178: "The Voice of the Banjo"

Poem 179: "The Stirrup Cup"

Poem 180: "A Choice"

Humour and Dialect

Poem 181: "Then and Now"

Poem 182: "At Cheshire Cheese"

Poem 183: "My Corn-Cob Pipe"

Poem 184: "In August"

Poem 185: "The Disturber"

Poem 186: "Expectation"

Poem 187: "Lover's Lane"

Poem 188: "Protest"

Poem 189: "Hymn"

Poem 190: "Little Brown Baby"

Poem 191: "Time to Tinker' Roun'!"

Poem 192: "The Real Question"

Poem 193: "Jilted"

Poem 194: "The News"

Poem 195: "Chrismus on the Plantation"

Poem 196: "Angelina"

Poem 197: "Foolin' Wid de Seasons"

Poem 198: "My Sort o' Man"

Poem 199: "Possum"

Poem 200: "On the Road"

Poem 201: "A Death Song"

Poem 202: "A Back-Log Song"

Poem 203: "Lullaby"

Poem 204: "The Photograph"

Poem 205: "Jealous"

Poem 206: "Parted"

Poem 207: "Temptation"

Poem 208: "Possum Trot"

Poem 209: "Dely"

Poem 210: "Breaking the Charm"

Poem 211: "Hunting Song"

Poem 212: "A Letter"

Poem 213: "Chrismus is A-Comin"

Poem 214: "A Cabin Tale&mdashThe Young Master Asks for a Story"

Poem 215: "At Candle-Lightin' Time"

Poem 216: "Whistling Sam"

Poem 217: "How Lucy Backslid"

Lyrics of Love and Laughter

Poem 218: "Two Little Boots"

Poem 219: "To the Road"

Poem 220: "A Spring Wooing"

Poem 221: "Joggin' Eerlong"

Poem 222: "In May"

Poem 223: "Dreams"

Poem 224: "The Tryst"

Poem 225: "A Plea"

Poem 226: "The Dove"

Poem 227: "A Warm Day in Winter"

Poem 228: "Snowin'"

Poem 229: "Keep a Song Up on de Way"

Poem 230: "The Turning of the Babies in the Bed"

Poem 231: "The Dance"

Poem 232: "Soliloquy of a Turkey"

Poem 233: "Fishing"

Poem 234: "A Plantation Portrait"

Poem 235: "A Little Christmas Basket"

Poem 236: "The Valse"

Poem 237: "Response"

Poem 238: "My Sweet Brown Gal"

Poem 239: "Spring Fever"

Poem 240: "The Visitor"

Poem 241: "Song"

Poem 242: "The Colored Band"

Poem 243: "To a Violet on All Saint's Day"

Poem 244: "Inspiration"

Poem 250: "My Lady of Castle Grand"

Poem 246: "Drizzle"

Poem 247: "De Critter's Dance"

Poem 248: "When Dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers"

Poem 250: "Lincoln"

Poem 250: "Encouragement"

Poem 251: "The Boogah Man"

Poem 252: "The Wraith"

Poem 253: "Silence"

Poem 254: "Whip–Poor–Will and Katy–Did"

Poem 255: "Long To'ds Night"

Poem 256: "A Grievance"

Poem 257: "Dinah Kneading Dough"

Poem 258: "To a Captious Critic"

Poem 259: "Dat Ol' Mare O' Mine"

Poem 260: "In the Morning"

Poem 261: "The Poet"

Poem 262: "A Florida Night"

Poem 263: "Differences"

Poem 264: "Long Ago"

Poem 265: "A Plantation Melody"

Poem 266: "A Spiritual"

Poem 267: "The Memory of Martha"

Poem 268: "W'en I Gits Home"

Poem 269: "Howdy, Honey, Howdy"

Poem 270: "The Unsung Heroes"

Poem 271: "The Pool"

Poem 272: "Possession"

Poem 273: "The Old Front Gate"

Poem 274: "Dirge For a Soldier"

Poem 275: "A Frolic"

Poem 276: "Noddin' By De Fire"

Poem 277: "Love's Castle"

Poem 278: "Morning Song of Love"

Poem 279: "On a Clean Book (To F.N.)"

Poem 280: "To the Eastern Shore"

Poem 281: "Reluctance"

Poem 282: "Ballade"

Poem 283: "Speakin' At De Cou't–House"

Poem 284: "Black Samson of Brandywine"

Poem 285: "The Looking-Glass"

Poem 286: "A Misty Day"

Poem 287: "Li'l Gal"

Poem 288: "Douglass"

Poem 289: "When Sam'l Sings"

Poem 290: "Booker T. Washington"

Poem 291: "The Monk's Walk"

Poem 292: "Love-Song"

Poem 293: "Slow Through the Dark"

Poem 294: "The Murdered Lover"

Poem 295: "Philosophy"

Poem 296: "Preference"

Poem 297: "The Debt"

Poem 298: "On the Dedication of Dorothy Hall—Tuskeegee, Ala., April 22, 1901."

Poem 299: "A Roadway"

Poem 300: "By Rugged Ways"

Poem 301: "Love's Season"

Poem 302: "To a Dead Friend"

Poem 303: "To the South—On Its New Slavery"

Poem 304: "The Haunted Oak"

Poem 305: "Weltschmertz"

Poem 306: "Robert Gould Shaw"

Poem 307: "Roses"

Poem 308: "A Love Song"

Poem 309: "Itching Heels"

Poem 310: "To an Ingrate"

Poem 311: "In the Tents of Akbar"

Poem 312: "The Fount of Tears"

Poem 313: "Life's Tragedy"

Poem 314: "De Way T'ings Come"

Poem 315: "Noon"

Poem 316: "At the Tavern"

Poem 317: "Death"

Poem 318: "Night, Dim Night"

Lyrics of Love and Sorrow

Poem 319: "Lyrics of Love and Sorrow"

Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow

Poem 320: "A Boy's Summer Song"

Poem 321: "The Sand-Man"

Poem 322: "Johnny Speaks"

Poem 323: "Winter-Song"

Poem 324: "A Christmas Folksong"

Poem 325: "The Forest Greeting"

Poem 326: "The Lily of the Valley"

Poem 327: "Encouraged"

Poem 328: "To J.Q."

Poem 329: "Diplomacy"

Poem 330: "Scamp"

Poem 331: "Wadin' In De Crick"

Poem 332: "The Quilting"

Poem 333: "Parted"

Poem 334: "Forever"

Poem 335: "The Plantation Child's Lullaby"

Poem 336: "Twilight"

Poem 337: "Curiosity"

Poem 338: "Opportunity"

Poem 339: "Puttin' the Baby Away"

Poem 340: "The Fisher Child's Lullaby"

Poem 341: "Faith"

Poem 342: "The Farm Child's Lullaby"

Poem 343: "The Place Where the Rainbow Ends"

Poem 344: "Hope"

Poem 345: "Appreciation"

Poem 346: "A Song"

Poem 347: "Day"

Poem 348: "To Dan"

Poem 349: "What's the Use"

Poem 350: "A Lazy Day"

Poem 351: "Advice"

Poem 352: "Limitations"

Poem 353: "A Golden Day"

Poem 354: "The Unlucky Apple"

Poem 355: "The Discovery"

Poem 356: "Morning"

Poem 357: "The Awakening"

Poem 358: "Love's Draft"

Poem 359: "A Musical"

Poem 360: "Twell De Night Is Pas"

Poem 361: "Blue"

Poem 362: "Dreamin' Town"

Poem 363: "At Night"

Poem 364: "Kidnaped"

Poem 365: "Compensation"

Poem 366: "Winter's Approach"

Poem 367: "Anchored"

Poem 368: "The Veteran"

Poem 369: "Yesterday and Tomorrow"

Poem 370: "The Change"

Poem 371: "The Chase"

Poem 372: "Suppose"

Poem 373: "The Death of the First Born"

Poem 374: "Bein' Back Home"

Poem 375: "The Old Cabin"

Poem 376: "Despair"

Poem 377: "Circumstances Altar Cases"

Poem 378: "Till the Wind Gets Right"

Poem 379: "A Summer Night"

Poem 380: "At Sunset Time"

Poem 381: "Night"

Poem 382: "At Loafing-Holt"

Poem 383: "When a feller's Itchin' To Be Spanked"

Poem 384: "To River of Ruin"

Poem 385: "To Her"

Poem 386: "A Love Letter"

Poem 387: "After Many Days"

Poem 388: "Liza May"

Poem 389: "The Masters"

Poem 390: "Trouble In De Kitchen"

Poem 391: "Christmas"

Poem 392: "Roses and Pearls"

Poem 393: "Rain-Songs"

Poem 394: "A Lost Dream"

Poem 395: "A Song"

Miscellaneous Poems

Poem 396: "The Capture"

Poem 397: "When Winter Darkening All Around"

Poem 398: "From the Porch at Runnymede"

Poem 399: "Equipment"

Poem 400: "Evening"

Poem 401: "To Pfrimmer"

Poem 402: "To the Miami"

Poem 403: "Christmas Carol"

Poem 404: "A Summer Pastoral"

Poem 405: "In Summer Time"

Poem 406: "A Thanksgiving Poem"

Poem 407: "Nutting Song"

Poem 408: "Love's Pictures"

Poem 409: "The Old Homestead"

Poem 410: "On the Death of W.C."

Poem 411: "An Old Memory"

Poem 412: "A Career"

Poem 413: "On the River"

Poem 414: "Poor Withered Rose—A Song"

Poem 415: "Worn Out"

Poem 416: "James Whitcomb Riley"

Poem 417: "A Madrigal"

Poem 418: "A Starry Night"

Poem 419: "A Lyric"

Poem 420: "How Shall I Woo Thee"

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This collection of children's literature is a part of the Educational Technology Clearinghouse and is funded by various grants. Copyright 2009 by the Florida Center for Instructional Technology, College of Education, University of South Florida.

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar is a collection of all his known poetry and includes the following books in their entirety: Lyrics of Lowly Life. Lyrics of the Heartside. Lyrics of Humour and Dialect Lyrics of Love and Laughter. Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow. Miscellaneous Poems
Source: Paul Laurence Dunbar The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar (New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company)
Lexile Level: TBD	Origin: American	Genre: Poetry
Reading Level: 6.5	Language: English	File name: cppd
Sunshine State Standards: LA.A.2.4: The student constructs meaning from a wide range of texts. LA.D.2.4: The student understands the power of language. LA.E.2.4: The student responds critically to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and drama.
Theme: Love, Beauty, Mortality
Reading Strategy: TBD

Click here to start reading online
To download MP3s, classroom support material, and printable PDFs, see individual chapters:
Lyrics of Lowly Life Poem 1: "Ere Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes" Poem 2: "The Poet and His Song" Poem 3: "Retort" Poem 4: "Accountability" Poem 5: "Frederick Douglass" Poem 6: "Life" Poem 7: "The Lesson" Poem 8: "The Rising of the Storm" Poem 9: "Sunset" Poem 10: "The Old Apple-Tree" Poem 11: "A Prayer" Poem 12: "Passion and Love" Poem 13: "The Seedling" Poem 14: "Promise" Poem 15: "Fulfilment" Poem 16: "Song" Poem 17: "An Ante-Bellum Sermon" Poem 18: "Ode to Ethiopia" Poem 19: "The Corn-Stalk Fiddle" Poem 20: "The Master-Player" Poem 21: "The Mystery" Poem 22: "Not They Who Soar" Poem 23: "Whittier" Poem 24: "Two Songs" Poem 25: "A Banjo Song" Poem 26: "Longing" Poem 27: "The Path" Poem 28: "The Lawyer's Way" Poem 29: "Ode for Memorial Day" Poem 30: "Premonition" Poem 31: "Retrospection" Poem 32: "Unexpressed" Poem 33: "Song of Summer" Poem 34: "Spring Song" Poem 35: "To Louise" Poem 36: "The Rivals" Poem 37: "The Lover and the Moon" Poem 38: "Conscience and Remorse" Poem 39: "Ione" Poem 40: "Religion" Poem 41: "Deacon Jones' Grievance" Poem 42: "Alice" Poem 43: "After the Quarrel" Poem 44: "Beyond the Years" Poem 45: "After a Visit" Poem 46: "Curtain" Poem 47: "The Spellin'-Bee" Poem 48: "Keep a-plugging Away" Poem 49: "Night of Love" Poem 50: "Columbian Ode" Poem 51: "A Border Ballad" Poem 52: "An Easy-goin' Feller" Poem 53: "A Negro Love Song" Poem 54: "The Dilletante: A Modern Type" Poem 55: "By the Stream" Poem 56: "The Colored Soldiers" Poem 57: "Nature and Art" Poem 58: "After While" Poem 59: "The Ol' Tunes" Poem 60: "Melancholia" Poem 61: "The Wooing" Poem 62: "Merry Autumn" Poem 63: "When De Co'n Pone's Hot" Poem 64: "Ballad" Poem 65: "The Change Has Come" Poem 66: "Comparison" Poem 67: "A Corn-Song" Poem 68: "Discovered" Poem 69: "Disappointed" Poem 70: "Invitation to Love" Poem 71: "He Had His Dream" Poem 72: "Good-Night" Poem 73: "A Coquette Conquered" Poem 74: "Nora: A Serenade" Poem 75: "October" Poem 76: "A Summer's Night" Poem 77: "Ships that Pass in the Night" Poem 78: "The Delinquent" Poem 79: "Dawn" Poem 80: "A Drowsy Day" Poem 81: "Dirge" Poem 82: "Hymn" Poem 83: "Preparation" Poem 84: "The Deserted Plantation" Poem 85: "The Secret" Poem 86: "The Wind and the Sea" Poem 87: "Riding to Town" Poem 88: "We Wear the Mask" Poem 89: "The Meadow Lark" Poem 90: "One Life" Poem 91: "Changing Time" Poem 92: "Dead" Poem 93: "A Confidence" Poem 94: "Phyllis" Poem 95: "Right's Security" Poem 96: "If" Poem 97: "The Song" Poem 98: "Signs of the Times" Poem 99: "Why Fades a Dream" Poem 100: "The Sparrow" Poem 101: "Speakin' O' Christmas" Poem 102: "Lonesome" Poem 103: "Growin' Gray" Poem 104: "To the Memory of Mary Young" Poem 105: "When Malindy Sings" Poem 106: "The Party" Lyrics of the Heartside Poem 107: "Loves Apotheosis" Poem 108: "The Paradox" Poem 109: "Over the Hills" Poem 110: "With the Lark" Poem 111: "In Summer" Poem 112: "The Mystic Sea" Poem 113: "A Sailor's Song" Poem 114: "The Bohemian" Poem 115: "Absence" Poem 116: "Her Thoughts and His" Poem 117: "The Right to Die" Poem 118: "Behind the Arras" Poem 119: "When the Old Man Smokes" Poem 120: "The Garrett" Poem 121: "To E.H.K." Poem 122: "A Bridal Measure" Poem 123: "Vengeance is Sweet" Poem 124: "A Hymn—After Reading 'Lead, Kindly Light" Poem 125: "Just Whistle a Bit" Poem 126: "The Barrier" Poem 127: "Dreams" Poem 128: "The Dreamer" Poem 129: "Waiting" Poem 130: "The End of the Chapter" Poem 131: "Sympathy" Poem 132: "Love and Grief" Poem 133: "Love's Chastening" Poem 134: "Mortality" Poem 135: "Love" Poem 136: "She Gave Me a Rose" Poem 137: "Dream Song. I" Poem 138: "Dream Song. II" Poem 139: "Christmas in the Heart" Poem 140: "The King is Dead" Poem 141: "Theology" Poem 142: "Resignation" Poem 143: "Love's Humility" Poem 144: "Precedent" Poem 145: "She Told Her Beads" Poem 146: "Little Lucy Landman" Poem 147: "The Gourd" Poem 148: "The Knight" Poem 149: "Thou Art My Lute" Poem 150: "The Phantom Kiss" Poem 151: "Communion" Poem 152: "Mare Rubrum" Poem 153: "In an English Garden" Poem 154: "The Crisis" Poem 155: "The Conquerors (Black Troops in Cuba)" Poem 156: "Alexander Crummell - Dead" Poem 157: "When All is Done" Poem 158: "The Poet and the Baby" Poem 159: "Distinction" Poem 160: "The Sum" Poem 161: "Sonnet (On an Old Book With Uncut Leaves)" Poem 162: "On the Sea Wall" Poem 163: "To a Lady Playing the Harp" Poem 164: "Confessional" Poem 165: "Misapprehension" Poem 166: "Prometheus" Poem 167: "Love's Phases" Poem 168: "For the Man Who Fails" Poem 169: "Harriet Beecher Stowe" Poem 170: "Vagrants" Poem 171: "A Winter's Day" Poem 172: "My Little March Girl" Poem 173: "Remembered" Poem 174: "Love Despoiled" Poem 175: "The Lapse" Poem 176: "The Warriors Prayer" Poem 177: "Farewell to Arcady" Poem 178: "The Voice of the Banjo" Poem 179: "The Stirrup Cup" Poem 180: "A Choice" Humour and Dialect Poem 181: "Then and Now" Poem 182: "At Cheshire Cheese" Poem 183: "My Corn-Cob Pipe" Poem 184: "In August" Poem 185: "The Disturber" Poem 186: "Expectation" Poem 187: "Lover's Lane" Poem 188: "Protest" Poem 189: "Hymn" Poem 190: "Little Brown Baby" Poem 191: "Time to Tinker' Roun'!" Poem 192: "The Real Question" Poem 193: "Jilted" Poem 194: "The News" Poem 195: "Chrismus on the Plantation" Poem 196: "Angelina" Poem 197: "Foolin' Wid de Seasons" Poem 198: "My Sort o' Man" Poem 199: "Possum" Poem 200: "On the Road" Poem 201: "A Death Song" Poem 202: "A Back-Log Song" Poem 203: "Lullaby" Poem 204: "The Photograph" Poem 205: "Jealous" Poem 206: "Parted" Poem 207: "Temptation" Poem 208: "Possum Trot" Poem 209: "Dely" Poem 210: "Breaking the Charm" Poem 211: "Hunting Song" Poem 212: "A Letter" Poem 213: "Chrismus is A-Comin" Poem 214: "A Cabin Tale&mdashThe Young Master Asks for a Story" Poem 215: "At Candle-Lightin' Time" Poem 216: "Whistling Sam" Poem 217: "How Lucy Backslid" Lyrics of Love and Laughter Poem 218: "Two Little Boots" Poem 219: "To the Road" Poem 220: "A Spring Wooing" Poem 221: "Joggin' Eerlong" Poem 222: "In May" Poem 223: "Dreams" Poem 224: "The Tryst" Poem 225: "A Plea" Poem 226: "The Dove" Poem 227: "A Warm Day in Winter" Poem 228: "Snowin'" Poem 229: "Keep a Song Up on de Way" Poem 230: "The Turning of the Babies in the Bed" Poem 231: "The Dance" Poem 232: "Soliloquy of a Turkey" Poem 233: "Fishing" Poem 234: "A Plantation Portrait" Poem 235: "A Little Christmas Basket" Poem 236: "The Valse" Poem 237: "Response" Poem 238: "My Sweet Brown Gal" Poem 239: "Spring Fever" Poem 240: "The Visitor" Poem 241: "Song" Poem 242: "The Colored Band" Poem 243: "To a Violet on All Saint's Day" Poem 244: "Inspiration" Poem 250: "My Lady of Castle Grand" Poem 246: "Drizzle" Poem 247: "De Critter's Dance" Poem 248: "When Dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers" Poem 250: "Lincoln" Poem 250: "Encouragement" Poem 251: "The Boogah Man" Poem 252: "The Wraith" Poem 253: "Silence" Poem 254: "Whip–Poor–Will and Katy–Did" Poem 255: "Long To'ds Night" Poem 256: "A Grievance" Poem 257: "Dinah Kneading Dough" Poem 258: "To a Captious Critic" Poem 259: "Dat Ol' Mare O' Mine" Poem 260: "In the Morning" Poem 261: "The Poet" Poem 262: "A Florida Night" Poem 263: "Differences" Poem 264: "Long Ago" Poem 265: "A Plantation Melody" Poem 266: "A Spiritual" Poem 267: "The Memory of Martha" Poem 268: "W'en I Gits Home" Poem 269: "Howdy, Honey, Howdy" Poem 270: "The Unsung Heroes" Poem 271: "The Pool" Poem 272: "Possession" Poem 273: "The Old Front Gate" Poem 274: "Dirge For a Soldier" Poem 275: "A Frolic" Poem 276: "Noddin' By De Fire" Poem 277: "Love's Castle" Poem 278: "Morning Song of Love" Poem 279: "On a Clean Book (To F.N.)" Poem 280: "To the Eastern Shore" Poem 281: "Reluctance" Poem 282: "Ballade" Poem 283: "Speakin' At De Cou't–House" Poem 284: "Black Samson of Brandywine" Poem 285: "The Looking-Glass" Poem 286: "A Misty Day" Poem 287: "Li'l Gal" Poem 288: "Douglass" Poem 289: "When Sam'l Sings" Poem 290: "Booker T. Washington" Poem 291: "The Monk's Walk" Poem 292: "Love-Song" Poem 293: "Slow Through the Dark" Poem 294: "The Murdered Lover" Poem 295: "Philosophy" Poem 296: "Preference" Poem 297: "The Debt" Poem 298: "On the Dedication of Dorothy Hall—Tuskeegee, Ala., April 22, 1901." Poem 299: "A Roadway" Poem 300: "By Rugged Ways" Poem 301: "Love's Season" Poem 302: "To a Dead Friend" Poem 303: "To the South—On Its New Slavery" Poem 304: "The Haunted Oak" Poem 305: "Weltschmertz" Poem 306: "Robert Gould Shaw" Poem 307: "Roses" Poem 308: "A Love Song" Poem 309: "Itching Heels" Poem 310: "To an Ingrate" Poem 311: "In the Tents of Akbar" Poem 312: "The Fount of Tears" Poem 313: "Life's Tragedy" Poem 314: "De Way T'ings Come" Poem 315: "Noon" Poem 316: "At the Tavern" Poem 317: "Death" Poem 318: "Night, Dim Night" Lyrics of Love and Sorrow Poem 319: "Lyrics of Love and Sorrow" Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow Poem 320: "A Boy's Summer Song" Poem 321: "The Sand-Man" Poem 322: "Johnny Speaks" Poem 323: "Winter-Song" Poem 324: "A Christmas Folksong" Poem 325: "The Forest Greeting" Poem 326: "The Lily of the Valley" Poem 327: "Encouraged" Poem 328: "To J.Q." Poem 329: "Diplomacy" Poem 330: "Scamp" Poem 331: "Wadin' In De Crick" Poem 332: "The Quilting" Poem 333: "Parted" Poem 334: "Forever" Poem 335: "The Plantation Child's Lullaby" Poem 336: "Twilight" Poem 337: "Curiosity" Poem 338: "Opportunity" Poem 339: "Puttin' the Baby Away" Poem 340: "The Fisher Child's Lullaby" Poem 341: "Faith" Poem 342: "The Farm Child's Lullaby" Poem 343: "The Place Where the Rainbow Ends" Poem 344: "Hope" Poem 345: "Appreciation" Poem 346: "A Song" Poem 347: "Day" Poem 348: "To Dan" Poem 349: "What's the Use" Poem 350: "A Lazy Day" Poem 351: "Advice" Poem 352: "Limitations" Poem 353: "A Golden Day" Poem 354: "The Unlucky Apple" Poem 355: "The Discovery" Poem 356: "Morning" Poem 357: "The Awakening" Poem 358: "Love's Draft" Poem 359: "A Musical" Poem 360: "Twell De Night Is Pas" Poem 361: "Blue" Poem 362: "Dreamin' Town" Poem 363: "At Night" Poem 364: "Kidnaped" Poem 365: "Compensation" Poem 366: "Winter's Approach" Poem 367: "Anchored" Poem 368: "The Veteran" Poem 369: "Yesterday and Tomorrow" Poem 370: "The Change" Poem 371: "The Chase" Poem 372: "Suppose" Poem 373: "The Death of the First Born" Poem 374: "Bein' Back Home" Poem 375: "The Old Cabin" Poem 376: "Despair" Poem 377: "Circumstances Altar Cases" Poem 378: "Till the Wind Gets Right" Poem 379: "A Summer Night" Poem 380: "At Sunset Time" Poem 381: "Night" Poem 382: "At Loafing-Holt" Poem 383: "When a feller's Itchin' To Be Spanked" Poem 384: "To River of Ruin" Poem 385: "To Her" Poem 386: "A Love Letter" Poem 387: "After Many Days" Poem 388: "Liza May" Poem 389: "The Masters" Poem 390: "Trouble In De Kitchen" Poem 391: "Christmas" Poem 392: "Roses and Pearls" Poem 393: "Rain-Songs" Poem 394: "A Lost Dream" Poem 395: "A Song" Miscellaneous Poems Poem 396: "The Capture" Poem 397: "When Winter Darkening All Around" Poem 398: "From the Porch at Runnymede" Poem 399: "Equipment" Poem 400: "Evening" Poem 401: "To Pfrimmer" Poem 402: "To the Miami" Poem 403: "Christmas Carol" Poem 404: "A Summer Pastoral" Poem 405: "In Summer Time" Poem 406: "A Thanksgiving Poem" Poem 407: "Nutting Song" Poem 408: "Love's Pictures" Poem 409: "The Old Homestead" Poem 410: "On the Death of W.C." Poem 411: "An Old Memory" Poem 412: "A Career" Poem 413: "On the River" Poem 414: "Poor Withered Rose—A Song" Poem 415: "Worn Out" Poem 416: "James Whitcomb Riley" Poem 417: "A Madrigal" Poem 418: "A Starry Night" Poem 419: "A Lyric" Poem 420: "How Shall I Woo Thee"

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar