Lyrics of the Hearthside
Misapprehension
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Out of my heart, one day, I wrote a song,
Out of my heart, one day, I wrote a song,
An ode to the Florida Cypress.
While in the presence of death, the characters of the story are confronted by a strange entity.
A poem about the bond of friendship.
"The sun hath shed its kindly light,"
A raven tries to be something he is not.
"A song is but a little thing,"
Du Bois explains and presents the Sorrow Songs of the olden days.
A poinciana comes to full bloom under the Florida sky.
"Oh, what shall I do? I am wholly upset;"
The author gives an account of a runaway slave who escapes his master’s beatings.
A poem about the ringing of the bells in a Flemish belfry
A poem about violence and war.
The author remembers his childhood in the orange groves.
Sunset transforms the tropical landscape.
A child trudges up to bed.
A poem about blackbirds that get baked in a pie.
Thou art my life, by thee I live,
The poet reflects on the world at noon, while laying back and dozing.
"Because I had loved so deeply,"
"A blue–bell springs upon the ledge,"
The poet wonders about the wind.