Paul Laurence Dunbar — English Poetry Library

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Paul Laurence Dunbar1872–190619th centurymodernist literature Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio, to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began writing stories and verse when he was a child. He published his first poems at the age of 16 in a Dayton newspaper, and served as president of his high school's literary society.

Poems

150 poems

A BANJO SONG64 lines
A FAMILY FEUD27 lines
A PRAYER12 lines
A VISIT FROM UNCLE EBEN.28 lines
Absence4 lines
ACCOUNTABILITY16 lines
After a long while Eliza came creeping in.5 lines
AFTER A VISIT32 lines
AFTER THE QUARREL32 lines
ALICE18 lines
AN ANTE-BELLUM SERMON88 lines
And Brother Sneedon himself was not entirely11 lines
And would my image in your heart abide?5 lines
Another peal of laughter from the whole5 lines
AT SHAET - 43118 lines
AT SHAFT 1127 lines
At supper-time that evening Jim came in9 lines
AY SHAFT 1127 lines
BEYOND THE YEARS8 lines
Bill Tompkins brought Elizabeth to the funeral.17 lines
Brent laughed aloud in pure joy.25 lines
Brothah Jabez Holly to tek keer of dem an’25 lines
But Mr. Ruggles did not come back.5 lines
CHAPTER24 lines
CHAPTER EX8 lines
CHAPTER I27 lines
CHAPTER VIII26 lines
CHAPTER X39 lines
CHAPTER XI15 lines
CHAPTER XIII26 lines
CHAPTER XIV18 lines
CHAPTER XV31 lines
COLUMBIAN ODE9 lines
Common Things20 lines
CONSCIENCE AND REMORSE12 lines
Copyright^ l8gg13 lines
CURTAIN8 lines
DEACON JONES' GRIEVANCE72 lines
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY4 lines
Elias laughed sympathetically.18 lines
Eliza Hatton sat in her neatly appointed little11 lines
Encouraged4 lines
Encouragement56 lines
ERE SLEEP COMES DOWN TO SOOTHE THE WEARY EYES54 lines
Estridge ; you kin pend on me —] ain’t gwine25 lines
FOLK FROM DIXIE27 lines
FOLKS FROM DEXIE27 lines
FOLKS FROM DIXIE56 lines
FREDERICK DOUGLASS62 lines
FULFILMENT.12 lines
Gentle as the summer's breeze.22 lines
H. A. TOBEY, M.D.15 lines
Harold Dokesbury knew that unless he could22 lines
His destructive instinct had turned to one of .45 lines
His dignity was admirable. There was no14 lines
If a momentary paleness struck into the young7 lines
Igt56 lines
II7 lines
II54 lines
III7 lines
III117 lines
INTRODUCTION TO LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE106 lines
Io27 lines
IONE91 lines
It was a strange case.8 lines
It was the only word he had spoken since10 lines
Jes’ say yes er no; I wants to be settled one14 lines
JIMSELLA27 lines
KEEP A-PLUGGIN' AWAY40 lines
LIFE10 lines
Life's Tragedy16 lines
Little Brown Baby32 lines
LONGING12 lines
Lost labour! when the circumambient gloom20 lines
LOVE'S APOTHEOSIS.4 lines
Merry Autumn40 lines
Miss Hester 's well-meanin'."40 lines
Mr. Simpson arose.33 lines
My Little March Girl24 lines
NIGHT OF LOVE24 lines
NOT THEY WHO SOAR15 lines
ODE FOR MEMORIAL DAY36 lines
ODE TO ETHIOPIA48 lines
One hand was tightly clinched till the muscles21 lines
Page11 lines
PASSION AND LOVE14 lines
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR44 lines
PREMONITION24 lines
PROMISE12 lines
PUBLIC LIBRARY4 lines
QUILTING, THE 24086 lines
RELIGION15 lines
RETORT10 lines
RETROSPECTION55 lines
Ruggles took the money in his eager palms.18 lines
Ses oink.”7 lines
She fell back suddenly and stared at him with38 lines
Solomon Ruggles fingered the bills nervously.29 lines
Some over-zealous fool among the strikers32 lines
SONG16 lines
SONG OF SUMMER32 lines
SPRING SONG18 lines
Sr ste21 lines
Summer in the South12 lines
SUNSET14 lines
Sympathy21 lines
That you remembered still and wept for me.36 lines
The audience did.7 lines
The big black face lighted up with a broad22 lines
The church-meeting promptly found Brother16 lines
THE CORN-STALK FIDDLE42 lines
THE INTERVENTION5 lines
THE INTERVENTION OF PETER27 lines
THE LAWYERS' WAYS32 lines
THE LESSON24 lines
THE LOVER AND THE MOON56 lines
The man looked up quickly. “Kill yo’-7 lines
The man turned his head slightly.16 lines
THE MASTER-PLAYER10 lines
The miner gave the young man’s hand a7 lines
The minister’s guide went up to the closed20 lines
THE MYSTERY20 lines
The Negro Problem11 lines
THE OLD APPLE-TREE72 lines
The old lady timidly approached the table19 lines
The old woman waved some bills in the air14 lines
THE ORDEAL AT MT. HOPE45 lines
THE PATH14 lines
THE POET AND HIS SONG32 lines
The prime object of the meeting had been40 lines
THE RISING OF THE STORM54 lines
THE RIVALS104 lines
The rocker suddenly stopped its violent mo-11 lines
THE SEEDLING32 lines
THE SPELLIN'-BEE94 lines
The stranger’s eyes flashed suddenly.6 lines
THE TRIAL SERMONS ON20 lines
THE UNCALLED44 lines
There was a catch in the Negro’s voice as he35 lines
This eBook is available as a series of mp3 files.24 lines
This front room was very quiet in its appoint-10 lines
To E. H. K5 lines
TO LOUISE32 lines
TRIAL SERMONS ON. BULL-SKIN28 lines
TWO SONGS46 lines
UNEXPRESSED12 lines
UNEXPRESSED 2534 lines
When the Rev. Mr. Dokesbury went to bed22 lines
WHITTIER16 lines
With a long dwell on the last word of the16 lines