Paul Laurence Dunbar Poetry

Paul Laurence Dunbar Poems

Common Things
I like to hear of wealth and gold,
And El Doradoes in their glory;
I like for silks and satins bold
To sweep and rustle through a story.

The nightingale is sweet of song;
The rare exotic... more

Poet: Paul Laurence Dunbar

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If I Could But Forget
If I could but forget
The fullness of those first sweet days,
When you burst sun-like thro' the haze
Of unacquaintance, on my sight,
And made the wet, gray day seem bright
While clouds... more

Poet: Paul Laurence Dunbar

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