Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
Hope
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"De dog go howlin’ ‘long de road,"
"De dog go howlin’ ‘long de road,"
Sunset transforms the tropical landscape.
An introduction to the original text, written by Walter H. Page.
"Oh, I have n’t got long to live, for we all"
A king ends up cursed.
Come, essay a sprightly measure,
ATTEND my lays, ye ever honour'd nine,
A princess dreams of her husband-to-be and his death.
"Hurt was the nation with a mighty wound,"
Your riches taught me poverty.
A part of a collection of short stories about three children in the revolutionary times. For Commencement all the children have to memorize pieces of poetry. Jehosophat works very hard to try to memorize his, but his nerves get the best of him due to the teasing of his friends and he suddenly forgets it.
The narrator describes the moonlit nights leading up to March and thereafter.
After stopping in the Capa Blanca Islands to procure provisions, Doctor Dolittle and his crew find an unusual place to rest.
"The line-storm clouds fly tattered and swift,"
The Florida Landscape changes as sunrise moves to sunset.
A poem regarding a dying French baron who, at the end of his life, frees his slaves in order to redeem his soul.
"When labor is light and the morning is fair,"
Just whistle a bit, if the day be dark,