The Complete Poems

Paul Laurence Dunbar

• Publisher: Books on Demand
• Year: 2019
• eBook ISBN: 9783750429611
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Literature
• Subtopic: Poetry
• Index: Literature

I think I should scarcely trouble the reader with a special appeal in behalf of this book, if it had not specially appealed to me for reasons apart from the author's race, origin, and condition. The world is too old now, and I find myself too much of its mood, to care for the work of a poet because he is black, because his father and mother were slaves, because he was, before and after he began to write poems, an elevator-boy. These facts would certainly attract me to him as a man, if I knew him to have a literary ambition, but when it came to his literary art, I must judge it irrespective of these facts, and enjoy or endure it for what it was in itself.

The Complete Poems

1. The Complete Poems
2. Introduction To Lyrics Of Lowly Life
3. LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE
4. Ere Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes
5. The Poet And His Song
6. Retort
7. Accountability
8. Frederick Douglass
9. Life
10. The Lesson
11. The Rising Of The Storm
12. Sunset
13. The Old Apple-Tree
14. A Prayer
15. Passion And Love
16. The Seedling
17. Promise
18. Fulfilment
19. Song
20. An Ante-Bellum Sermon
21. Ode To Ethiopia
22. The Corn-Stalk Fiddle
23. The Master-Player
24. The Mystery
25. Not They Who Soar
26. Whittier
27. Two Songs
28. A Banjo Song
29. Longing
30. The Path
31. The Lawyers' Ways
32. Ode For Memorial Day
33. Premonition
34. Retrospection
35. Unexpressed
36. Song Of Summer
37. Spring Song
38. To Louise
39. The Rivals
40. The Lover And The Moon
41. Conscience And Remorse
42. Ione
43. Religion
44. Deacon Jones' Grievance
45. Alice
46. After The Quarrel
47. Beyond The Years
48. After A Visit
49. Curtain
50. The Spellin'-Bee
51. Keep A-Pluggin' Away
52. Night Of Love
53. Columbian Ode
54. A Border Ballad
55. An Easy-Goin' Feller
56. A Negro Love Song
57. The Dilettante: A Modern Type
58. By The Stream
59. The Colored Soldiers
60. Nature And Art
61. After While. A Poem Of Faith
62. The Ol' Tunes
63. Melancholia
64. The Wooing
65. Merry Autumn
66. When De Co'n Pone's Hot
67. Ballad
68. The Change Has Come
69. Comparison
70. A Corn-Song
71. Discovered
72. Disappointed
73. Invitation To Love
74. He Had His Dream
75. Good-Night
76. A Coquette Conquered
77. Nora: A Serenade
78. October
79. A Summer's Night
80. Ships That Pass In The Night
81. The Delinquent
82. Dawn
83. A Drowsy Day
84. Dirge
85. Hymn
86. Preparation
87. The Deserted Plantation
88. The Secret
89. The Wind And The Sea
90. Riding To Town
91. We Wear The Mask
92. The Meadow Lark
93. One Life
94. Changing Time
95. Dead
96. A Confidence
97. Phy...

Table of contents

• The Complete Poems
• Introduction To Lyrics Of Lowly Life
• LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE
• Ere Sleep Comes Down To Soothe The Weary Eyes
• The Poet And His Song
• Retort
• Accountability
• Frederick Douglass
• Life
• The Lesson
• The Rising Of The Storm
• Sunset
• The Old Apple-Tree
• A Prayer
• Passion And Love
• The Seedling
• Promise
• Fulfilment
• Song
• An Ante-Bellum Sermon
• Ode To Ethiopia
• The Corn-Stalk Fiddle
• The Master-Player
• The Mystery
• Not They Who Soar
• Whittier
• Two Songs
• A Banjo Song
• Longing
• The Path
• The Lawyers' Ways
• Ode For Memorial Day
• Premonition
• Retrospection
• Unexpressed
• Song Of Summer
• Spring Song
• To Louise
• The Rivals
• The Lover And The Moon
• Conscience And Remorse
• Ione
• Religion
• Deacon Jones' Grievance
• Alice
• After The Quarrel
• Beyond The Years
• After A Visit
• Curtain
• The Spellin'-Bee
• Keep A-Pluggin' Away
• Night Of Love
• Columbian Ode
• A Border Ballad
• An Easy-Goin' Feller
• A Negro Love Song
• The Dilettante: A Modern Type
• By The Stream
• The Colored Soldiers
• Nature And Art
• After While. A Poem Of Faith
• The Ol' Tunes
• Melancholia
• The Wooing
• Merry Autumn
• When De Co'n Pone's Hot
• Ballad
• The Change Has Come
• Comparison
• A Corn-Song
• Discovered
• Disappointed
• Invitation To Love
• He Had His Dream
• Good-Night
• A Coquette Conquered
• Nora: A Serenade
• October
• A Summer's Night
• Ships That Pass In The Night
• The Delinquent
• Dawn
• A Drowsy Day
• Dirge
• Hymn
• Preparation
• The Deserted Plantation
• The Secret
• The Wind And The Sea
• Riding To Town
• We Wear The Mask
• The Meadow Lark
• One Life
• Changing Time
• Dead
• A Confidence
• Phyllis
• Right's Security
• If
• The Song
• Signs Of The Times
• Why Fades A Dream?
• The Sparrow
• Speakin' O' Christmas
• Lonesome
• Growin' Gray
• To The Memory Of Mary Young
• When Malindy Sings
• The Party
• LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE
• Love's Apotheosis
• The Paradox
• Over The Hills
• With The Lark
• In Summer
• The Mystic Sea
• A Sailor's Song
• The Bohemian
• Absence
• Her Thought And His
• The Right To Die
• Behind The Arras
• When The Old Man Smokes
• The Garret
• To E. H. K. On The Receipt Of A Familiar Poem
• A Bridal Measure
• Vengeance Is Sweet
• A Hymn After Reading "Lead, Kindly Light"
• Just Whistle A Bit
• The Barrier
• Dreams
• The Dreamer
• Waiting
• The End Of The Chapter
• Sympathy
• Love And Grief
• Love's Chastening
• Mortality
• Love
• She Gave Me A Rose
• Dream Song I
• Dream Song II
• Christmas In The Heart
• The King Is Dead
• Theology
• Resignation
• Love's Humility
• Precedent
• She Told Her Beads
• Little Lucy Landman
• The Gourd
• The Knight
• Thou Art My Lute
• The Phantom Kiss
• Communion
• Mare Rubrum
• In An English Garden
• The Crisis
• The Conquerors. The Black Troops In Cuba
• Alexander Crummell—Dead
• When All Is Done
• The Poet And The Baby
• Distinction
• The Sum
• Sonnet On An Old Book With Uncut Leaves
• On The Sea Wall
• To A Lady Playing The Harp
• Confessional
• Misapprehension
• Prometheus
• Love's Phases
• For The Man Who Fails
• Harriet Beecher Stowe
• Vagrants
• A Winter's Day
• My Little March Girl
• Remembered
• Love Despoiled
• The Lapse
• The Warrior's Prayer
• Farewell To Arcady
• The Voice Of The Banjo
• The Stirrup Cup
• A Choice
• HUMOUR AND DIALECT
• Then And Now
• At Cheshire Cheese
• My Corn-Cob Pipe
• In August
• The Disturber
• Expectation
• Lover's Lane
• Protest
• Hymn
• Little Brown Baby
• Time To Tinker 'Roun'!
• The Real Question
• Jilted
• The News
• Chrismus On The Plantation
• Angelina
• Foolin' Wid De Seasons
• My Sort O' Man
• Possum
• On The Road
• A Death Song
• A Back-Log Song
• Lullaby
• The Photograph
• Jealous
• Parted
• Temptation
• Possum Trot
• Dely
• Breaking The Charm
• Hunting Song
• A Letter
• Chrismus Is A-Comin'
• A Cabin Tale. The Young Master Asks For A Story
• At Candle-Lightin' Time
• Whistling Sam
• How Lucy Backslid
• LYRICS OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER
• Two Little Boots
• To The Road
• A Spring Wooing
• Joggin' Erlong
• In May
• Dreams
• The Tryst
• A Plea
• The Dove
• A Warm Day In Winter
• Snowin'
• Keep A Song Up On De Way
• The Turning Of The Babies In The Bed
• The Dance
• Soliloquy Of A Turkey
• Fishing
• A Plantation Portrait
• A Little Christmas Basket
• The Valse
• Reponse
• My Sweet Brown Gal
• Spring Fever
• The Visitor
• Song
• The Colored Band
• To A Violet Found On All Saints' Day
• Inspiration
• My Lady Of Castle Grand
• Drizzle
• De Critters' Dance
• When Dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers
• Lincoln
• Encouragement
• The Boogah Man
• The Wraith
• Silence
• Whip-Poor-Will And Katy-Did
• 'Long To'ds Night
• A Grievance
• Dinah Kneading Dough
• To A Captious Critic
• Dat Ol' Mare O' Mine
• In The Morning
• The Poet
• A Florida Night
• Differences
• Long Ago
• A Plantation Melody
• A Spiritual
• The Memory Of Martha
• W'en I Gits Home
• "Howdy, Honey, Howdy!"
• The Unsung Heroes
• The Pool
• Possession
• The Old Front Gate
• Dirge For A Soldier
• A Frolic
• Noddin' By De Fire
• Love's Castle
• Morning Song Of Love
• On A Clean Book
• To The Eastern Shore
• Reluctance
• Ballade
• L'envoi
• Speakin' At De Cou't-House
• Black Samson Of Brandywine
• The Looking-Glass
• A Misty Day
• Li'l' Gal
• Douglass
• When Sam'l Sings
• Booker T. Washington
• The Monk's Walk
• Love-Song
• Slow Through The Dark
• The Murdered Lover
• Philosophy
• A Preference
• The Debt
• On The Dedication Of Dorothy Hall, Tuskegee, Ala., April 22, 1901
• A Roadway
• By Rugged Ways
• Love's Seasons
• To A Dead Friend
• To The South On Its New Slavery
• The Haunted Oak
• Weltschmertz
• Robert Gould Shaw
• Roses
• A Love Song
• Itching Heels
• To An Ingrate
• In The Tents Of Akbar
• The Fount Of Tears
• Life's Tragedy
• De Way T'ings Come
• Noon
• At The Tavern
• Death
• Night, Dim Night
• Lyrics Of Love And Sorrow
• LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW
• A Boy's Summer Song
• The Sand-Man
• Johnny Speaks
• Winter-Song
• A Christmas Folksong
• The Forest Greeting
• The Lily Of The Valley
• Encouraged
• To J. Q.
• Diplomacy
• Scamp
• Wadin' In De Crick
• The Quilting
• Parted
• Forever
• The Plantation Child's Lullaby
• Twilight
• Curiosity
• Opportunity
• Puttin' The Baby Away
• The Fisher Child's Lullaby
• Faith
• The Farm Child's Lullaby
• The Place Where The Rainbow Ends
• Hope
• Appreciation
• A Song
• Day
• To Dan
• What's The Use
• A Lazy Day
• Advice
• Limitations
• A Golden Day
• The Unlucky Apple
• The Discovery
• Morning
• The Awakening
• Love's Draft
• A Musical
• Twell De Night Is Pas'
• Blue
• Dreamin' Town
• At Night
• Kidnaped
• Compensation
• Winter's Approach
• Anchored
• The Veteran
• Yesterday And To-Morrow
• The Change
• The Chase
• Suppose
• The Death Of The First Born
• Bein' Back Home
• The Old Cabin
• Despair
• Circumstances Alter Cases
• Till The Wind Gets Right
• A Summer Night
• At Sunset Time
• Night
• At Loafing-Holt
• When A Feller's Itchin' To Be Spanked
• The River Of Ruin
• To Her
• A Love Letter
• After Many Days
• Liza May
• The Masters
• Trouble In De Kitchen
• Christmas
• Roses And Pearls
• Rain-Songs
• A Lost Dream
• A Song
• MISCELLANEOUS
• The Capture
• When Winter Darkening All Around
• From The Porch At Runnymede
• Equipment
• Evening
• To Pfrimmer
• To The Miami
• Christmas Carol
• A Summer Pastoral
• In Summer Time
• A Thanksgiving Poem
• Nutting Song
• Love's Pictures
• The Old Homestead
• On The Death Of W. C.
• An Old Memory
• A Career
• On The River
• Poor Withered Rose
• Worn Out
• James Whitcomb Riley
• A Madrigal
• A Starry Night
• A Lyric
• How Shall I Woo Thee
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