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PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR	1
BY	1
NEW YORK	1
PRINTED IN U. S. A.	1
LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE	1
MY MOTHER	1
TO	1
LYRICS OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER	1
MISS CATHERINE IMPEY	1
TO	1
INTRODUCTION TO LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE	1
INDEX OF TITLES	4
QUILTING, THE 240	12
YESTERDAY AND TO-MORROW 257	16
INDEX OF FIRST LINES	16
LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE	26
THE POET AND HIS SONG	27
ACCOUNTABILITY	27
LIFE	29
THE RISING OF THE STORM	29
THE OLD APPLE-TREE	30
PASSION AND LOVE	31
PROMISE	32
SONG	32
ODE TO ETHIOPIA	34
THE MASTER-PLAYER	35
NOT THEY WHO SOAR	36
TWO SONGS	36
LONGING	37
THE LAWYERS’ WAYS	38
PREMONITION	39
UNEXPRESSED	40
SPRING SONG	41
THE RIVALS	42
CONSCIENCE AND REMORSE	44
I	44
II	46
III	46
DEACON JONES’ GRIEVANCE	48
AFTER THE QUARREL	49
I	50
II	50
III	50
CURTAIN	51
KEEP A-PLUGGIN’ AWAY	53
COLUMBIAN ODE	54
I	54
II	54
III	54
AN EASY-GOIN’ FELLER	55
THE DILETTANTE: A MODERN TYPE	56
THE COLORED SOLDIERS	56
TO MY FRIEND CHARLES BOOTH NETTLETON	57
I	57
II	57
THE OL’ TUNES	58
THE WOOING	59
WHEN DE CO’N PONE’S HOT	60
THE CHANGE HAS COME	61
A CORN-SONG	62
DISAPPOINTED	63
HE HAD HIS DREAM	63
A COQUETTE CONQUERED	64
OCTOBER	64
SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT	65
DAWN	66
DIRGE	66
PREPARATION	67
THE SECRET	68
RIDING TO TOWN	69
THE MEADOW LARK	69
CHANGING TIME	70
A CONFIDENCE	70
RIGHT’S SECURITY	72
THE SONG	72
WHY FADES A DREAM?	74
SPEAKIN’ O’ CHRISTMAS	74
GROWIN’ GRAY	75
WHEN MALINDY SINGS	77
LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE	80
THE PARADOX	80
WITH THE LARK	81
THE MYSTIC SEA	82
THE BOHEMIAN	82
HER THOUGHT AND HIS	83
BEHIND THE ARRAS	83
THE GARRET	84
ON THE RECEIPT OF A FAMILIAR POEM	85
VENGEANCE IS SWEET	85
JUST WHISTLE A BIT	86
DREAMS	87
WAITING	87
SYMPATHY	88
LOVE’S CHASTENING	89
LOVE	89
DREAM SONG I	89
CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART	90
THEOLOGY	91
LOVE’S HUMILITY	91
SHE TOLD HER BEADS	91
THE GOURD	92
THOU ART MY LUTE	93
COMMUNION	93
IN AN ENGLISH GARDEN	94
THE CONQUERORS	95
ALEXANDER CRUMMELL—DEAD	95
THE POET AND THE BABY	96
THE SUM	96
ON AN OLD BOOK WITH UNCUT LEAVES	97
TO A LADY PLAYING THE HARP	97
MISAPPREHENSION	98
LOVE’S PHASES	98
HARRIET BEECHER STOWE	99
A WINTER’S DAY	100
REMEMBERED	100
THE LAPSE	101
FAREWELL TO ARCADY	102
THE STIRRUP CUP	103
HUMOUR AND DIALECT	103
THEN	103
AT CHESHIRE CHEESE	103
IN AUGUST	104
EXPECTATION	105
PROTEST	106
LITTLE BROWN BABY	106
THE REAL QUESTION	108
THE NEWS	108
ANGELINA	109
MY SORT O’ MAN	111
ON THE ROAD	112
A BACK-LOG SONG	113
THE PHOTOGRAPH	114
PARTED	114
POSSUM TROT	115
BREAKING THE CHARM	117
A LETTER	119
A CABIN TALE	120
AT CANDLE-LIGHTIN’ TIME	122
HOW LUCY BACKSLID	123
TWO LITTLE BOOTS	125
A SPRING WOOING	126
IN MAY	127
THE TRYST	128
THE DOVE	129
SNOWIN’	129
THE TURNING OF THE BABIES IN THE BED	130
SOLILOQUY OF A TURKEY	131
A PLANTATION PORTRAIT	133
THE VALSE	134
MY SWEET BROWN GAL	134
THE VISITOR	135
THE COLORED BAND	136
INSPIRATION	136
DRIZZLE	137
WHEN DEY ’LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS	138
ENCOURAGEMENT	140
THE WRAITH	141
WHIP-POOR-WILL AND KATY-DID	141
A GRIEVANCE	142
TO A CAPTIOUS CRITIC	143
IN THE MORNING	144
A FLORIDA NIGHT	144
LONG AGO	145
A SPIRITUAL	146
W’EN I GITS HOME	147
THE UNSUNG HEROES	147
POSSESSION	148
DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER	149
NODDIN’ BY DE FIRE	150
MORNING SONG OF LOVE	151
TO THE EASTERN SHORE	151
BALLADE	152
SPEAKIN’ AT DE COU’T-HOUSE	153
THE LOOKING-GLASS	154
LI’L’ GAL	155
WHEN SAM’L SINGS	155
THE MONK’S WALK	156
SLOW THROUGH THE DARK	157
PHILOSOPHY	158
THE DEBT	159
A ROADWAY	159
LOVE’S SEASONS	160
TO THE SOUTH	160
THE HAUNTED OAK	162
ROBERT GOULD SHAW	163
A LOVE SONG	164
TO AN INGRATE	164
THE FOUNT OF TEARS	165
DE WAY T’INGS COME	166
AT THE TAVERN	167
NIGHT, DIM NIGHT	167
I	167
II	167
III	168
IV	168
V	168
A BOY’S SUMMER SONG	168
JOHNNY SPEAKS	169
A CHRISTMAS FOLKSONG	169
THE LILY OF THE VALLEY	170
TO J. Q.	170
SCAMP	171
THE QUILTING	172
FOREVER	172
TWILIGHT	173
OPPORTUNITY	173
THE FISHER CHILD’S LULLABY	174
THE FARM CHILD’S LULLABY	175
HOPE	176
A SONG	177
TO DAN	177
A LAZY DAY	178
LIMITATIONS	178
THE UNLUCKY APPLE	179
MORNING	180
LOVE’S DRAFT	180
TWELL DE NIGHT IS PAS’	180
DREAMIN’ TOWN	181
KIDNAPED	182
WINTER’S APPROACH	182
THE VETERAN	182
THE CHANGE	183
SUPPOSE	184
BEIN’ BACK HOME	184
DESPAIR	186
TILL THE WIND GETS RIGHT	186
AT SUNSET TIME	187
AT LOAFING-HOLT	187
THE RIVER OF RUIN	188
A LOVE LETTER	189
LIZA MAY	190
TROUBLE IN DE KITCHEN	191
ROSES AND PEARLS	191
A LOST DREAM	192
MISCELLANEOUS	192
WHEN WINTER DARKENING ALL AROUND	193
EQUIPMENT	193
TO PFRIMMER	194
TO THE MIAMI	194
A SUMMER PASTORAL	195
A THANKSGIVING POEM	197
LOVE’S PICTURES	197
ON THE DEATH OF W. C.	198
A CAREER	199
POOR WITHERED ROSE	200
JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY	200
A MADRIGAL	201
A LYRIC	201
TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES	202

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