Lyrics of Love and Sorrow
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
This poem is by African American author Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dunbar's work frequently features a conversational tone, innovative rhetorical structure, and a colorful use of both dialect and mainstream English. Dunbar was among the first nationally successful African American writers.
Source: Dunbar, P.L. (1913). The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar. New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.
- Lyrics of Love and Sorrow
- "Love is the light of the world, my dear,"