The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

Paul Laurence Dunbar

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The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar is a comprehensive selection of the iconic writer’s beloved poetry that features his unique rhythm and famous dialect. His work is a beautiful and critical examination of the human spirit.

Paul Laurence Dunbar produced an impressive volume of work during his short lifetime. Prior to his passing, at age 33, he published multiple collections of poetry including Majors and Minors in 1895 and Lyrics of Lowly Life in 1896. Dunbar uses his poetry to address multiple themes such as love, loss, family, marriage and work. His signature prose and melodic turn of phrase permeates the heart and mind, leaving an indelible mark.

The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar is required reading for poetry scholars. It helps exemplify Dunbar’s influence in America and abroad. He was a prolific artist who set a precedent for many twentieth century poets, including Dr. Maya Angelou.

With an eye-catching new cover, and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar is both modern and readable.

Sujets

• Black English
• African American Vernacular English
• African American
• Poetry
• American
• Black

Informations

• Publié par: Mint Editions
• Date de parution: 26 janvier 2021
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781513276113
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 3 Mo

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The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar
 
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar were first published as a single volume in 1913.
This edition published by Mint Editions 2020.
ISBN 9781513271118 | E-ISBN 9781513276113
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C ONTENTS L YRICS OF L OWLY L IFE E RE S LEEP C OMES D OWN TO S OOTHE THE W EARY E YES T HE P OET AND H IS S ONG R ETORT A CCOUNTABILITY F REDERICK D OUGLASS L IFE T HE L ESSON T HE R ISING OF THE S TORM S UNSET T HE O LD A PPLE -T REE A P RAYER P ASSION AND L OVE T HE S EEDLING P ROMISE F ULFILMENT S ONG A N A NTE -B ELLUM S ERMON O DE TO E THIOPIA T HE C ORN -S TALK F IDDLE T HE M ASTER -P LAYER T HE M YSTERY N OT T HEY W HO S OAR W HITTIER T WO S ONGS A B ANJO S ONG L ONGING T HE P ATH T HE L AWYERS ’ W AY O DE FOR M EMORIAL D AY P REMONITION R ETROSPECTION U NEXPRESSED S ONG OF S UMMER S PRING S ONG T O L OUISE T HE R IVALS T HE L OVER AND THE M OON C ONSCIENCE AND R EMORSE I ONE R ELIGION D EACON J ONES ’ G RIEVANCE A LICE A FTER THE Q UARREL B EYOND THE Y EARS A FTER A V ISIT C URTAIN T HE S PELLIN ’-B EE K EEP A-P LUGGIN ’ A WAY N IGHT OF L OVE C OLUMBIAN O DE A B ORDER B ALLAD A N E ASY -G OIN ’ F ELLER A N EGRO L OVE S ONG T HE D ILETTANTE : A M ODERN T YPE B Y THE S TREAM T HE C OLORED S OLDIERS N ATURE AND A RT A FTER W HILE T HE O L ’ T UNES M ELANCHOLIA T HE W OOING M ERRY A UTUMN W HEN D E C O ’ N P ONE ’ S H OT B ALLAD T HE C HANGE H AS C OME C OMPARISON A C ORN -S ONG D ISCOVERED D ISAPPOINTED I NVITATION TO L OVE H E H AD H IS D REAM G OOD -N IGHT A C OQUETTE C ONQUERED N ORA : A S ERENADE O CTOBER A S UMMER ’ S N IGHT S HIPS T HAT P ASS IN THE N IGHT T HE D ELINQUENT D AWN A D ROWSY D AY D IRGE H YMN P REPARATION T HE D ESERTED P LANTATION T HE S ECRET T HE W IND AND THE S EA R IDING TO T OWN W E W EAR THE M ASK T HE M EADOW L ARK O NE L IFE C HANGING T IME D EAD A C ONFIDENCE P HYLLIS R IGHT ’ S S ECURITY I F T HE S ONG S IGNS OF THE T IMES W HY F ADES A D REAM ? T HE S PARROW S PEAKIN ’ O’ C HRISTMAS L ONESOME G ROWIN ’ G RAY T O THE M EMORY OF M ARY Y OUNG W HEN M ALINDY S INGS T HE P ARTY L YRICS OF THE H EARTHSIDE L OVE ’ S A POTHEOSIS T HE P ARADOX O VER THE H ILLS W ITH THE L ARK I N S UMMER T HE M YSTIC S EA A S AILOR ’ S S ONG T HE B OHEMIAN A BSENCE H ER T HOUGHT AND H IS T HE R IGHT TO D IE B EHIND THE A RRAS W HEN THE O LD M AN S MOKES T HE G ARRET T O E. H. K. A B RIDAL M EASURE V ENGEANCE IS S WEET A H YMN J UST W HISTLE A B IT T HE B ARRIER D REAMS T HE D REAMER W AITING T HE E ND OF THE C HAPTER S YMPATHY L OVE AND G RIEF L OVE ’ S C HASTENING M ORTALITY L OVE S HE G AVE M E A R OSE D REAM S ONG I D REAM S ONG II C HRISTMAS IN THE H EART T HE K ING IS D EAD T HEOLOGY R ESIGNATION L OVE ’ S H UMILITY P RECEDENT S HE T OLD H ER B EADS L ITTLE L UCY L ANDMAN T HE G OURD T HE K NIGHT T HOU A RT M Y L UTE T HE P HANTOM K ISS C OMMUNION M ARE R UBRUM I N AN E NGLISH G ARDEN T HE C RISIS T HE C ONQUERORS A LEXANDER C RUMMELL —D EAD W HEN A LL IS D ONE T HE P OET AND THE B ABY D ISTINCTION T HE S UM S ONNET O N THE S EA W ALL T O A L ADY P LAYING THE H ARP C ONFESSIONAL M ISAPPREHENSION P ROMETHEUS L OVE ’ S P HASES F OR THE M AN W HO F AILS H ARRIET B EECHER S TOWE V AGRANTS A W INTER ’ S D AY M Y L ITTLE M ARCH G IRL R EMEMBERED L OVE D ESPOILED T HE L APSE T HE W ARRIOR ’ S P RAYER F AREWELL TO A RCADY T HE V OICE OF THE B ANJO T HE S TIRRUP C UP A C HOICE H UMOUR AND D IALECT T HEN AND N OW A T C HESHIRE C HEESE M Y C ORN -C OB P IPE I N A UGUST T HE D ISTURBER E XPECTATION L OVER ’ S L ANE P ROTEST H YMN L ITTLE B ROWN B ABY T IME TO T INKER ’R OUN ’! T HE R EAL Q UESTION J ILTED T HE N EWS C HRISMUS ON THE P LANTATION A NGELINA F OOLIN ’ W ID D E S EASONS M Y S ORT O’ M AN P OSSUM O N THE R OAD A D EATH S ONG A B ACK -L OG S ONG L ULLABY T HE P HOTOGRAPH J EALOUS P ARTED T EMPTATION P OSSUM T ROT D ELY B REAKING THE C HARM H UNTING S ONG A L ETTER C HRISMUS IS A-C OMIN ’ A C ABIN T ALE A T C ANDLE -L IGHTIN ’ T IME W HISTLING S AM H OW L UCY B ACKSLID L YRICS OF L OVE AND L AUGHTER T WO L ITTLE B OOTS T O THE R OAD A S PRING W OOING J OGGIN ’ E RLONG I N M AY D REAMS T HE T RYST A P LEA T HE D OVE A W ARM D AY IN W INTER S NOWIN ’ K EEP A S ONG U P O N D E W AY T HE T URNING OF THE B ABIES IN THE B ED T HE D ANCE S OLILOQUY OF A T URKEY F ISHING A P LANTATION P ORTRAIT A L ITTLE C HRISTMAS B ASKET T HE V ALSE R EPONSE M Y S WEET B ROWN G AL S PRING F EVER T HE V ISITOR S ONG T HE C OLORED B AND T O A V IOLET F OUND ON A LL S AINTS ’ D AY I NSPIRATION M Y L ADY OF C ASTLE G RAND D RIZZLE D E C RITTERS ’ D ANCE W HEN D EY ’L ISTED C OLORED S OLDIERS L INCOLN E NCOURAGEMENT T HE B OOGAH M AN T HE W RAITH S ILENCE W HIP -P OOR -W ILL AND K ATY -D ID ’L ONG T O ’ DS N IGHT A G RIEVANCE D INAH K NEADING D OUGH T O A C APTIOUS C RITIC D AT O L ’ M ARE O’ M INE I N THE M ORNING T HE P OET A F LORIDA N IGHT D IFFERENCES L ONG A GO A P LANTATION M ELODY A S PIRITUAL T HE M EMORY OF M ARTHA W’ EN I G ITS H OME “H OWDY , H ONEY , H OWDY !” T HE U NSUNG H EROES T HE P OOL P OSSESSION T HE O LD F RONT G ATE D IRGE FOR A S OLDIER A F ROLIC N ODDIN ’ BY D E F IRE L OVE ’ S C ASTLE M ORNING S ONG OF L OVE O N A C LEAN B OOK T O THE E ASTERN S HORE R ELUCTANCE B ALLADE L’ ENVOI S PEAKIN ’ AT D E C OU ’ T -H OUSE B LACK S AMSON OF B RANDYWINE T HE L OOKING -G LASS A M ISTY D AY L I ’ L ’ G AL D OUGLASS W HEN S AM ’ L S INGS B OOKER T. W ASHINGTON T HE M ONK ’ S W ALK L OVE -S ONG S LOW T HROUGH THE D ARK T HE M URDERED L OVER P HILOSOPHY A P REFERENCE T HE D EBT O N THE D EDICATION OF D OROTHY H ALL A R OADWAY B Y R UGGED W AYS L OVE ’ S S EASONS T O A D EAD F RIEND T O THE S OUTH T HE H AUNTED O AK W ELTSCHMERTZ R OBERT G OULD S HAW R OSES A L OVE S ONG I TCHING H EELS T O AN I NGRATE I N THE T ENTS OF A KBAR T HE F OUNT OF T EARS L IFE ’ S T RAGEDY D E W AY T’ INGS C OME N OON A T T HE T AVERN D EATH N IGHT , D IM N IGHT L YRICS OF L OVE AND S ORROW L YRICS OF S UNSHINE AND S HADOW A B OY ’ S S UMMER S ONG T HE S AND -M AN J OHNNY S PEAKS W INTER -S ONG A C HRISTMAS F OLKSONG T HE F OREST G REETING T HE L ILY OF THE V ALLEY E NCOURAGED T O J. Q. D IPLOMACY S CAMP W ADIN ’ IN D E C RICK T HE Q UILTING P ARTED F OREVER T HE P LANTATION C HILD ’ S L ULLABY T WILIGHT C URIOSITY O PPORTUNITY P UTTIN ’ THE B ABY A WAY T HE F ISHER C HILD ’ S L ULLABY F AITH T HE F ARM C HILD ’ S L ULLABY T HE P LACE W HERE THE R AINBOW E NDS H OPE A PPRECIATION A S ONG D AY T O D AN W HAT ’ S THE U SE A L AZY D AY A DVICE L IMITATIONS A G OLDEN D AY T HE U NLUCKY A PPLE T HE D ISCOVERY M ORNING T HE A WAKENING L OVE ’ S D RAFT A M USICAL T WELL D E N IGHT IS P AS ’ B LUE D REAMIN ’ T OWN A T N IGHT K IDNAPED C OMPENSATION W INTER ’ S A PPROACH A NCHORED T HE V ETERAN Y ESTERDAY AND T O - MORROW T HE C HANGE T HE C HASE S UPPOSE T HE D EATH OF THE F IRST B ORN B EIN ’ B ACK H OME T HE O LD C ABIN D ESPAIR C IRCUMSTANCES A LTER C ASES T ILL THE W IND G ETS R IGHT A S UMMER N IGHT A T S UNSET T IME N IGHT A T L OAFING -H OLT W HEN A F ELLER ’ S I TCHIN ’ TO BE S PANKED T HE R IVER OF R UIN T O H ER A L OVE L ETTER A FTER M ANY D AYS L IZA M AY T HE M ASTERS T ROUBLE IN D E K ITCHEN C HRISTMAS R OSES AND P EARLS R AIN -S ONGS A L OST D REAM A S ONG M ISCELLANEOUS T HE C APTURE W HEN W INTER D ARKENING A LL A ROUND F ROM THE P ORCH AT R UNNYMEDE E QUIPMENT E VENING T O P FRIMMER T O THE M IAMI C HRISTMAS C AROL A S UMMER P ASTORAL I N S UMMER T IME A T HANKSGIVING P OEM N UTTING S ONG L OVE ’ S P ICTURES T HE O LD H OMESTEAD O N THE D EATH OF W. C. A N O LD M EMORY A C AREER O N THE R IVER P OOR W ITHERED R OSE W ORN O UT J AMES W HITCOMB R ILEY A M ADRIGAL A S TARRY N IGHT A L YRIC H OW S HALL I W OO T HEE
 
LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE
 
E RE S LEEP C OMES D OWN TO S OOTHE THE W EARY E YES
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,
Which all the day with ceaseless care have sought
The magic gold which from the seeker flies;
Ere dreams put on the gown and cap of thought,
And make the waking world a world of lies,—
Of lies most palpable, uncouth, forlorn,
That say life’s full of aches and tears and sighs,—
Oh, how with more than dreams the soul is torn,
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes.
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,
How all the griefs and heart-aches we have known
Come up like pois’nous vapors that arise
From some base witch’s caldron, when the crone,
To work some potent spell, her magic plies.
The past which held its share of bitter pain,
Whose ghost we prayed that Time might exorcise,
Comes up, is lived and suffered o’er again,
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes.
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,
What phantoms fill the dimly lighted room;
What ghostly shades in awe-creating guise
Are bodied forth within the teeming gloom.
What echoes faint of sad and soul-sick cries,
And pangs of vague inexplicable pain
That pay the spirit’s ceaseless enterprise,
Come thronging through the chambers of the brain,
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes.
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,
Where ranges forth the spirit far and free?
Through what strange realms and unfamiliar skies
Tends her far course to lands of mystery?
To lands unspeakable—beyond surmise,
Where shapes unknowable to being spring,
Till, faint of wing, the Fancy fails and dies
Much wearied with the spirit’s journeying,
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes.
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes,
How questioneth the soul that other soul,—
The inner sense which neither cheats nor lies,
But self exposes unto self, a scroll
Full writ with all life’s acts unwise or wise,
In characters indelible and known;
So, trembling with the shock of sad surprise,
The soul doth view its awful