This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have, But by what kept us from that perfect thing.
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- When he beats his bars and would be free; It is not a carol of … - Paul Laurence Dunbar
I know why the caged bird sings, ah me, When his wing is bruised and his bosom sore,- When he beats his bars and would be free; It is not a carol of …
- Paul Laurence Dunbar
The age is materialistic. Verse isn't. I must be with the age, so I am writing prose. - Paul Laurence Dunbar
The age is materialistic. Verse isn't. I must be with the age, so I am writing prose.
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the mo… - Paul Laurence Dunbar
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in. A minute to smile and an hour to weep in. A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the mo…
What Joe Hamilton lacked more than anything else in the world was some one to kick him. Many a man who might have lived decently and become a fairly … - Paul Laurence Dunbar
What Joe Hamilton lacked more than anything else in the world was some one to kick him. Many a man who might have lived decently and become a fairly …
A song fluttered down in the form of a dove, And it bore me a message, the one word-Love! - Paul Laurence Dunbar
A song fluttered down in the form of a dove, And it bore me a message, the one word-Love!
A minute to smile and an hour to weep in, A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans come double; And that is life! - Paul Laurence Dunbar
A minute to smile and an hour to weep in, A pint of joy to a peck of trouble, And never a laugh but the moans come double; And that is life!
..we wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes- this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we sm… - Paul Laurence Dunbar
..we wear the mask that grins and lies, it hides our cheeks and shades our eyes- this debt we pay to human guile; with torn and bleeding hearts we sm…
Only the rich are lonesome. - Paul Laurence Dunbar
Only the rich are lonesome.
With our short sight we affect to take a comprehensive view of eternity. Our horizon is the universe. - Paul Laurence Dunbar
With our short sight we affect to take a comprehensive view of eternity. Our horizon is the universe.
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