People are taking it for granted that [the Negro] ought not to work with his head. And it is so easy for these people among whom we are living to believe this; it flatters and satisfies their self-complacency.
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…
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.
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 …
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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