Lyrics of the Hearthside
The End of the Chapter
by Paul Laurence Dunbar
Ah, yes, the chapter ends to–day;
Ah, yes, the chapter ends to–day;
Read, sweet, how others strove
The way I read a letter s' this:
"The word is writ that he who runs may read."
I read my sentence steadily
The author explains methods for reading the trilateral diagram.
Death sets a thing significant
Brownie asks Uncle Jerry Beaver about a sign. Jerry makes a mistake as to the meaning of the sign’s phrase. Tommy Fox sets him straight.
"Oh, I des received a letter f’om de sweetest little gal;"
A poem about escaping from the sorrows and loneliness of the night by reading great works of literature
A Prince in disguise provides assistance to a stranger.
Out of my heart, one day, I wrote a song,
An introduction to the text.
Belshazzar had a letter, —
Little Bear looks in a schoolhouse window and scares the children.
Not in this world to see his face
A message to the readers about the history of the story.
"Ah broken is the golden bowl! the spirit flown forever!"
An introduction by the other to the reader.
This poem describes a haunted scene after a battle and how the flow of life has won.
The editor/author of the book discusses the impact of the original book, the impact it had on the institution of slavery, and the significant contributions of its author, Harriet Beecher Stowe.
"Elizabeth, it surely is most fit"