Lyrics of Lowly Life
"The Dilletante: A Modern Type"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"He scribbles some in prose and verse,"
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Lyrics of Love and Laughter
Response
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes"
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
Twilight
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"‘Twixt a smile and a tear,"
Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral
"To Maecenas."
by Phillis Wheatley
MAECENAS, you, beneath the myrtle shade,
Lyrics of Love and Laughter
Life's Tragedy
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"It may be misery not to sing at all"
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Song
by Edgar Allan Poe
"I saw thee on thy bridal day–"
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
A Song
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Thou art the soul of a summer’s day,"
My Bondage and My Freedom
Chapter 6: Treatment of Slaves on Lloyd's Plantation
by Frederick Douglass
More about life on Lloyd's Plantation.
Selected American and British Poems
“Laughing Song”
by William Blake
A cheerful poem about springtime.
The Last of the Mohicans
Chapter 33
by James Fenimore Cooper
Munro and Chingachgook mourn their losses. Tamenund laments the end of the Mohican bloodline.
The Busy Blue Jay: True Bird Stories from My Notebooks
The Busy Blue Jay, Chapter 2
by Olive Thorne Miller
A story about a blue jay named Jakie. This chapter focuses on the relationship between Jakie and the speaker.
Japanese Fairy Tales
The Bamboo-Cutter and the Moon-Child
by Yei Theodora Ozaki
A bamboo cutter finds a small, luminescent girl, and raises her as Princess Moonlight. She refuses all suitors, befriends the Emperor, and eventually returns to her rightful home, the Moon.
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"The Sparrow"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"A little bird, with plumage brown,"
Philosophy and Fun of Algebra
Chapter 11: "Macbeth's Mistake"
by Mary Everest Boole
"The whole question of choosing one’s next working hypothesis has been fogged, owing to people’s neglect of a very simple principle..."
Florida: Essays and Poems
Orange Song
by Clinton Scollard
A poem about the orange tree.
A Florida Sketch-Book
Chapter 10: “Walks About Tallahassee”
by Bradford Torrey
The narrator arrives in Tallahassee in time to hear a political economist speak. The narrator then goes on to describe Tallahassee itself.
The Sea-Wolf
Chapter 27
by Jack London
As they make their escape, Hump instructs Maud on the finer aspects of sailing and steering. Hump, although concerned with the nature of their situation, remains unafraid.
The Sonnets
Sonnet 17
by William Shakespeare
Who will believe my verse in time to come
Humour and Dialect
Jilted
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Lucy done gone back on me,"
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
Yesterday and Tomorrow
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Yesterday I held your hand,"
Lyrics of Lowly Life
"A Banjo Song"
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"Oh, dere ’s lots o’ keer an’ trouble"
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
Eldorado
by Edgar Allan Poe
"Gaily bedight,"
Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow
A Song
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
"On a summer’s day as I sat by a stream,"
The Works of Edgar Allan Poe
The Poetic Principle
by Edgar Allan Poe
The author presents his opinion on poetry and the ultimate goal of art.
Sylvie and Bruno
Chapter 6: “The Magic Locket”
by Lewis Carroll
Sylvia and Bruno, along with their dad who was made king of elfland, eat the local fruit.