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Absence

GOODNIGHT, my love, for I have dreamed of thee,

In walking dreams, until my soul is lost —

Is lost in passion's wide and shoreless sea,

Where, like a ship unruddered, it is tossed

Hither and thither at the wild waves will.

There is no potent Master's voice to still

This newer, more tempestuous Galilee!

The stormy petrels of my fancy fly

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Night

SILENCE, and whirling worlds afar

Through all encircling skies.

What floods come o'er the spirit's bar,

What wondrous thoughts arise.

The earth, a mantle falls away,

And, winged, we leave the sod;

Where shines in its eternal sway

The majesty of God.

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Christmas Carol

Ring out, ye bells!

All Nature swells

With gladness at the wondrous story, —

The world was at lorn,

But Christ is born

To change our sadness into glory.

Sing, earthlings, sing!

To-night a King

Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Drowsy Day

THE air is dark, the sky is gray,

The misty shadows come and go,

And here within my dusky room

Each chair looks ghostly in the gloom.

Outside the rain falls cold and slow —

Half-stinging drops, half-blinding spray.

Each slightest sound is magnified,

For drowsy quiet holds her reign;

Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Corn-Song

ON the wide veranda white,

In the purple failing light,

Sits the master while the sun is lowly burning;

And his dreamy thoughts are drowned

In the softly flowing sound

Of the corn-songs of the field-hands slow returning.

Oh, we hoe de co'n

Since de ehly mo'n;

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Invitation to Love

Come when the nights are bright with stars

Or when the moon is mellow;

Come when the sun his golden bars

Drops on the hay-field yellow.

Come in the twilight soft and gray,

Come in the night or come in the day,

Come, O love, whene'er you may,

And you are welcome, welcome.

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Song

Wintah, summah, snow er shine,

Hit's all de same to me,

Ef only I kin call you mine,

An' keep you by my knee.

Ha'dship, frolic, grief er caih,

Content by night an' day,

Ef only I kin see you whaih

You wait beside de way.

Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Negro Love Song

Seen my lady home las' night,

Jump back, honey, jump back.

Hel' huh han' an' sque'z it tight,

Jump back, honey, jump back.

Hyeahd huh sigh a little sigh,

Seen a light gleam f'om huh eye,

An' a smile go flittin' by —

Jump back, honey, jump back.

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Absence

GOODNIGHT, my love, for I have dreamed of thee,

In walking dreams, until my soul is lost —

Is lost in passion's wide and shoreless sea,

Where, like a ship unruddered, it is tossed

Hither and thither at the wild waves will.

There is no potent Master's voice to still

This newer, more tempestuous Galilee!

The stormy petrels of my fancy fly

Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Boy's Summer Song

'Tis fine to play

In the fragrant hay,

And romp on the golden load;

To ride old Jack

To the barn and back,

Or tramp by a shady road.

To pause and drink,

At a mossy brink;

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Accountability

FOLKS ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits;

Him dat giv' de squir'ls de bushtails made de bobtails fu' de rabbits.

Him dat built de gread big mountains hollered out de little valleys,

Him dat made de streets an' driveways wasn't shamed to make de alleys.

We is all constructed diff'ent, d'ain't no two of us de same;

We cain't he'p ouah likes an' dislikes, ef we'se bad we ain't to blame.

Ef we'se good, we need n't show off, case you bet it ain't ouah doin'

We gits into su'ttain channels dat we jes' cain't he'p pu'suin'.

Paul Laurence Dunbar

A Golden Day

I FOUND you and I lost you,

All on a gleaming day.

The day was filled with sunshine,

And the land was full of May.

A golden bird was singing

Its melody divine,

I found you and I loved you,

And all the world was mine.

Paul Laurence Dunbar