Lyrics of Love and Laughter
Love-Song
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"If Death should claim me for her own to–day,"
"If Death should claim me for her own to–day,"
The author admires the nature along the banks of the Oklawaha River.
"De da’kest hour, dey allus say,"
The author is witness to a mockingbird's supper.
A princess dreams of her husband-to-be and his death.
The blackbirds that were supposed to be baked in a pie for the king began to sing when the pie was opened. They then flew down to snap off the maid’s nose.
A short story about a robin who flies north in the springtime, builds a nest for his mate, and migrates south for the winter.
One dignity delays for all
"De ol’ time’s gone, de new time’s hyeah"
The natural beauty of the Tamiami Trail is described.
"Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night,"
The author imagines the life and hardships experienced by the deceased.
"Thou wouldst be loved?—then let thy heart"
The grass so little has to do, —
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. On Marmaduke’s birthday he holds a birthday party for the various barnyard animals and persuades them with their favorite types of food. However, the animals misbehave and Marmaduke has to figure out what to do.
Nature and the movement of clouds at dusk ignite the author's imagination.
The moon cast an eery glow over the landscape of St. Augustine.
"October is the treasurer of the year,"
"A song for the unsung heroes who rose in the country’s need,"
On Jehosophat’s birthday, he receives a pony and a dog-cart. Wienerwurst and a bad dog get into a fight and both dogs are injured, but Wienerwurst recovers.
A rhyme that serves to tell children to behave through the song of a bird.
Tired with all these for restful death I cry
An innocent squirrel accused of stealing nuts is forced down a hole in a tree, where he meets a friendly chipmunk.
Oh for the breath of the briny deep,
I started early, took my dog