Lyrics of Lowly Life
"The Ol' Tunes"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"You kin talk about yer anthems"
"You kin talk about yer anthems"
WHILE others chant of gay Elysian scenes,
"Oh, who would be sad tho’ the sky be a–graying,"
This poem relays the feelings of what might have been and mistakes made in the past (in rhyme scheme).
My love is strengthened though more weak in seeming
Tom fills in the others on what caused his disappearance. Harry continues to look for the man he promised to help. The girls set out on the river again, this time with Harry in tow, and find another man on the river.
A poem describing “The Fall of the Year” or Autumn.
"The mist has left the greening plain,"
Laertes counsels Ophelia in matters of the heart. Polonius gives his son some fatherly advice before he departs.
Quasimodo's love for Claude Frollo is examined further.
Mr. March arrives just in time for Christmas Day.
"Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass,"
"What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?" Extract from an Oration, at Rochester, July 5, 1852.
Having come across an injured squirrel, Tommy is directed to the office of John Dolittle by his friends. Matthew tells Tommy of the good doctors many voyages. Upon arriving at the doctor's house, the visitors encounter the loyal dog Jip, but find that the doctor is no where to be found.
"Oh, wind of the spring–time, oh, free wind of May,"
Newland ponders his upcoming marriage to May. Newland hopes that he can help the Countess be accepted in high society.
TO show the lab'ring bosom's deep intent,
Jehosophat disobeys Mother by sloshing through muddy water when she told him not to. He is overcome with guilt and eventually apologizes to her for disobeying her orders.
Longfellow’s poem describing someone troubled confessing to a clergyman
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. The three children went to a market and watched a peddler/street performer sell his wares with magic tricks to awe the customers. The Toyman tells them to beware of such scams.
Du Bois introduces the struggles and strives of the Negro over the course of history.
On Mrs. W–––––'s Voyage to England.
Walter finds himself feeling things he never expected to feel. He looks to Marian to discover the cause for Laura's behavior.
"I stand above the city’s rush and din,"