Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
What's the Use
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"What’s the use o’ folks a–frownin’"
"What’s the use o’ folks a–frownin’"
"I’ve always been a faithful man"
"The sand–man he’s a jolly old fellow,"
"If ‘twere fair to suppose"
"Your presence like a benison to me"
"I held my heart so far from harm,"
"Love used to carry a bow, you know,"
"Dolly sits a–quilting by her mother, stich by stitch,"
"Your spoken words are roses fine and sweet,"
A poem describing the beauty and the wonders of nature bathed in sunlight.
"Oh, who is the Lord of the land of life,"
"Thou art the soul of a summer’s day,"
"‘Tis fine to play, In the fragrant hay,"
The grass so little has to do, —
A drop fell on the apple tree
"Phyllis, ah, Phyllis, my life is a gray day,"
"Yesterday I held your hand,"
"Gaily bedight,"
Safe in their alabaster chambers
"On a summer’s day as I sat by a stream,"
"All de night long twell de moon goes down,"
"Along by the river of ruin"
To know just how he suffered would be dear
A fanciful poem exploring the mind of an adult lost in a land of fairy tales.
"Oh, who would be sad tho’ the sky be a–graying,"