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A huge collection of over 400 poems by African-American writer, Paul Laurence Dunbar, first published in 1922. Includes, Lyrics of Lowly Life; Lyrics of the Hearthside; Humour and Dialect; Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow; and, Lyrics of Love and Laughter.
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GenreLiterary Classics, Biography and Memoir
Length12 hrs 40 mins
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Publish dateJul 2, 2020
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
215Hunting Song
2LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE
216A Letter
3Ere Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes
217Chrismus Is A-Comin'
4The Poet And His Song
218A Cabin Tale. The Young Master Asks For A Story
5Retort
219At Candle-Lightin' Time
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6Accountability
220Whistling Sam
7Frederick Douglass
221How Lucy Backslid
8Life
222LYRICS OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER
9The Lesson
223Two Little Boots
10The Rising Of The Storm
224To The Road
11Sunset
225A Spring Wooing
12The Old Apple-Tree
226Joggin' Erlong
13A Prayer
227In May
14Passion And Love
228Dreams
15The Seedling
229The Tryst
16Promise
230A Plea
17Fulfilment
231The Dove
18Song
232A Warm Day In Winter
19An Ante-Bellum Sermon
233Snowin'
20Ode To Ethiopia
234Keep A Song Up On De Way
21The Corn-Stalk Fiddle
235The Turning Of The Babies In The Bed
22The Master-Player
236The Dance
23The Mystery
237Soliloquy Of A Turkey
24Not They Who Soar
238Fishing
25Whittier
239A Plantation Portrait
26Two Songs
240A Little Christmas Basket
27A Banjo Song
241The Valse
28Longing
242Reponse
29The Path
243My Sweet Brown Gal
30The Lawyers' Ways
244Spring Fever
31Ode For Memorial Day
245The Visitor
32Premonition
246Song
33Retrospection
247The Colored Band
34Unexpressed
248To A Violet Found On All Saints' Day
35Song Of Summer
249Inspiration
36Spring Song
250My Lady Of Castle Grand
37To Louise
251Drizzle
38The Rivals
252De Critters' Dance
39The Lover And The Moon
253When Dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers
40Conscience And Remorse
254Lincoln
41Ione
255Encouragement
42Religion
256The Boogah Man
43Deacon Jones' Grievance
257The Wraith
44Alice
258Silence
45After The Quarrel
259Whip-Poor-Will And Katy-Did
46Beyond The Years
260'Long To'ds Night
47After A Visit
261A Grievance
48Curtain
262Dinah Kneading Dough
49The Spellin'-Bee
263To A Captious Critic
50Keep A-Pluggin' Away
264Dat Ol' Mare O' Mine
51Night Of Love
265In The Morning
52Columbian Ode
266The Poet
53A Border Ballad
267A Florida Night
54An Easy-Goin' Feller
268Differences
55A Negro Love Song
269Long Ago
56The Dilettante: A Modern Type
270A Plantation Melody
57By The Stream
271A Spiritual
58The Colored Soldiers
272The Memory Of Martha
59Nature And Art
273W'en I Gits Home
60After While. A Poem Of Faith
274"Howdy, Honey, Howdy!"
61The Ol' Tunes
275The Unsung Heroes
62Melancholia
276The Pool
63The Wooing
277Possession
64Merry Autumn
278The Old Front Gate
65When De Co'n Pone's Hot
279Dirge For A Soldier
66Ballad
280A Frolic
67The Change Has Come
281Noddin' By De Fire
68Comparison
282Love's Castle
69A Corn-Song
283Morning Song Of Love
70Discovered
284On A Clean Book
71Disappointed
285To The Eastern Shore
72Invitation To Love
286Reluctance
73He Had His Dream
287Ballade
74Good-Night
288L'envoi
75A Coquette Conquered
289Speakin' At De Cou't-House
76Nora: A Serenade
290Black Samson Of Brandywine
77October
291The Looking-Glass
78A Summer's Night
292A Misty Day
79Ships That Pass In The Night
293Li'l' Gal
80The Delinquent
294Douglass
81Dawn
295When Sam'l Sings
82A Drowsy Day
296Booker T. Washington
83Dirge
297The Monk's Walk
84Hymn
298Love-Song
85Preparation
299Slow Through The Dark
86The Deserted Plantation
300The Murdered Lover
87The Secret
301Philosophy
88The Wind And The Sea
302A Preference
89Riding To Town
303The Debt
90We Wear The Mask
304On The Dedication Of Dorothy Hall, Tuskegee, Ala., April 22, 1901
91The Meadow Lark
305A Roadway
92One Life
306By Rugged Ways
93Changing Time
307Love's Seasons
94Dead
308To A Dead Friend
95A Confidence
309To The South On Its New Slavery
96Phyllis
310The Haunted Oak
97Right's Security
311Weltschmertz
98If
312Robert Gould Shaw
99The Song
313Roses
100Signs Of The Times
314A Love Song
101Why Fades A Dream?
315Itching Heels
102The Sparrow
316To An Ingrate
103Speakin' O' Christmas
317In The Tents Of Akbar
104Lonesome
318The Fount Of Tears
105Growin' Gray
319Life's Tragedy
106To The Memory Of Mary Young
320De Way T'ings Come
107When Malindy Sings
321Noon
108The Party
322At The Tavern
109LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE
323Death
110Love's Apotheosis
324Night, Dim Night
111The Paradox
325Lyrics Of Love And Sorrow
112Over The Hills
326LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW
113With The Lark
327A Boy's Summer Song
114In Summer
328The Sand-Man
115The Mystic Sea
329Johnny Speaks
116A Sailor's Song
330Winter-Song
117The Bohemian
331A Christmas Folksong
118Absence
332The Forest Greeting
119Her Thought And His
333The Lily Of The Valley
120The Right To Die
334Encouraged
121Behind The Arras
335To J. Q.
122When The Old Man Smokes
336Diplomacy
123The Garret
337Scamp
124To E. H. K. On The Receipt Of A Familiar Poem
338Wadin' In De Crick
125A Bridal Measure
339The Quilting
126Vengeance Is Sweet
340Parted
127A Hymn After Reading "Lead, Kindly Light"
341Forever
128Just Whistle A Bit
342The Plantation Child's Lullaby
129The Barrier
343Twilight
130Dreams
344Curiosity
131The Dreamer
345Opportunity
132Waiting
346Puttin' The Baby Away
133The End Of The Chapter
347The Fisher Child's Lullaby
134Sympathy
348Faith
135Love And Grief
349The Farm Child's Lullaby
136Love's Chastening
350The Place Where The Rainbow Ends
137Mortality
351Hope
138Love
352Appreciation
139She Gave Me A Rose
353A Song
140Dream Song I
354Day
141Dream Song II
355To Dan
142Christmas In The Heart
356What's The Use
143The King Is Dead
357A Lazy Day
144Theology
358Advice
145Resignation
359Limitations
146Love's Humility
360A Golden Day
147Precedent
361The Unlucky Apple
148She Told Her Beads
362The Discovery
149Little Lucy Landman
363Morning
150The Gourd
364The Awakening
151The Knight
365Love's Draft
152Thou Art My Lute
366A Musical
153The Phantom Kiss
367Twell De Night Is Pas'
154Communion
368Blue
155Mare Rubrum
369Dreamin' Town
156In An English Garden
370At Night
157The Crisis
371Kidnaped
158The Conquerors. The Black Troops In Cuba
372Compensation
159Alexander Crummell—Dead
373Winter's Approach
160When All Is Done
374Anchored
161The Poet And The Baby
375The Veteran
162Distinction
376Yesterday And To-Morrow
163The Sum
377The Change
164Sonnet On An Old Book With Uncut Leaves
378The Chase
165On The Sea Wall
379Suppose
166To A Lady Playing The Harp
380The Death Of The First Born
167Confessional
381Bein' Back Home
168Misapprehension
382The Old Cabin
169Prometheus
383Despair
170Love's Phases
384Circumstances Alter Cases
171For The Man Who Fails
385Till The Wind Gets Right
172Harriet Beecher Stowe
386A Summer Night
173Vagrants
387At Sunset Time
174A Winter's Day
388Night
175My Little March Girl
389At Loafing-Holt
176Remembered
390When A Feller's Itchin' To Be Spanked
177Love Despoiled
391The River Of Ruin
178The Lapse
392To Her
179The Warrior's Prayer
393A Love Letter
180Farewell To Arcady
394After Many Days
181The Voice Of The Banjo
395Liza May
182The Stirrup Cup
396The Masters
183A Choice
397Trouble In De Kitchen
184HUMOUR AND DIALECT
398Christmas
185Then And Now
399Roses And Pearls
186At Cheshire Cheese
400Rain-Songs
187My Corn-Cob Pipe
401A Lost Dream
188In August
402A Song
189The Disturber
403MISCELLANEOUS
190Expectation
404The Capture
191Lover's Lane
405When Winter Darkening All Around
192Protest
406From The Porch At Runnymede
193Hymn
407Equipment
194Little Brown Baby
408Evening
195Time To Tinker 'Roun'!
409To Pfrimmer
196The Real Question
410To The Miami
197Jilted
411Christmas Carol
198The News
412A Summer Pastoral
199Chrismus On The Plantation
413In Summer Time
200Angelina
414A Thanksgiving Poem
201Foolin' Wid De Seasons
415Nutting Song
202My Sort O' Man
416Love's Pictures
203Possum
417The Old Homestead
204On The Road
418On The Death Of W. C.
205A Death Song
419An Old Memory
206A Back-Log Song
420A Career
207Lullaby
421On The River
208The Photograph
422Poor Withered Rose
209Jealous
423Worn Out
210Parted
424James Whitcomb Riley
211Temptation
425A Madrigal
212Possum Trot
426A Starry Night
213Dely
427A Lyric
214Breaking The Charm
428How Shall I Woo Thee
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