Lyrics of Lowly Life
"Two Songs"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"A bee that was searching for sweets one day"
"A bee that was searching for sweets one day"
Squinty meets Slicko, the jumping squirrel, and comes to a road full of wagons. He discovers a circus and meets Mappo the monkey, who wants to run away.
The author remembers his childhood in the orange groves.
The author marvels at the flat nature of his surroundings.
While in the presence of death, the characters of the story are confronted by a strange entity.
A child trudges up to bed.
In a small and lonely cabin out of noisy traffic’s way,
The poet reflects on the world at noon, while laying back and dozing.
A list and description of possible exercises that can be used to catch the attention of your students at the beginning of the school day.
"Wintah time hit comin’ Stealin’ thoo de night;"
At night the boys notice a man prowling around their motor-boat. Sam had a suspicion the boat would not be able to enter the race. Now all the boys feel that something is wrong with their motor-boat.
Tommy Stubbins tells about his life in Puddleby-on-the-Marsh and his three friends, Joe, Matthew Mugg, and Luke.
A short story about a caterpillar’s transformation into a butterfly.
Whitefoot becomes sad and uninterested in the things he once loved, but he can’t figure out why.
FROM dark abodes to fair etherial light
"I’s a–gittin’ weary of de way dat people do,"
Du Bois explains and presents the Sorrow Songs of the olden days.
So bashful when I spied her
She died, — this was the way she died;
A child observes the many sites that adorn the Indian River.
The author gives the reader some insight to into the purpose of his book.
They realize the swift boat they had attempted to race was Varmint and they stop in Poughkeepsie for lunch. They look for their lost companion, Sting, and dock for the night.