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Lyrics of the Hearthside

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

The Bohemian

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  • Year Published: 1913
  • Language: English
  • Country of Origin: United States of America
  • Source: Dunbar, P.L. (1913). The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.
  • Readability:
    • Flesch–Kincaid Level: 6.5
  • Word Count: 50
  • Genre: Poetry
  • Keywords: clothing, indedendence, jacket
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Bring me the livery of no other man.
I am my own to robe me at my pleasure.
Accepted rules to me disclose no treasure:
What is the chief who shall my garments plan?
No garb conventional but I ‘ll attack it.
(Come, why not don my spangled jacket?)