Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems

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161.
In May

Oh to have you in May,
To talk with you under the trees,
Dreaming throughout the day,
Drinking the wine-like breeze,
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162.
Passion And Love

A MAIDEN wept and, as a comforter,
Came one who cried, 'I love thee,' and he seized
Her in his arms and kissed her with hot breath,
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163.
One Life

OH, I am hurt to death, my Love;
The shafts of Fate have pierced my striving heart,
And I am sick and weary of
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164.
Misapprehension

Out of my heart, one day, I wrote a song,
With my heart's blood imbued,
Instinct with passion, tremulously strong,
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165.
Kidnaped

I HELD my heart so far from harm,
I let it wander far and free
In mead and mart, without alarm,
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166.
When Dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers

Dey was talkin' in de cabin, dey was talkin' in de hall;
But I listened kin' o' keerless, not a-t'inkin' 'bout it all;
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167.
Love's Humility

As some rapt gazer on the lowly earth,
Looks up to radiant planets, ranging far,
So I, whose soul doth know thy wondrous worth
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168.
A Plantation Portrait

HAIN'T you see my Mandy Lou,
Is it true?
Whaih you been f'om day to day,
Whaih, I say?
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169.
Discovered

SEEN you down at chu'ch las' night,
Nevah min', Miss Lucy.
What I mean? oh, dat 's all right,
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170.
An Old Memory

How sweet the music sounded
That summer long ago,
When you were by my side, love,
To list its gentle flow.
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