The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

by Paul Laurence Dunbar

The
COMPLETE POEMS
of
PAUL LAURENCE
DUNBAR

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Paul Laurence Dunbar

THE COMPLETE POEMS
OF
PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

WITH THE INTRODUCTION TO
"LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE"

BY
W. D. HOWELLS

NEW YORK
DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY
1913

Copyright 1895, 1896, 1897, 1898, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905
By The Century Co.

Copyright 1897, 1898, 1901, 1902, 1903, 1904, 1905
By The Curtis Publishing Co.

Copyright 1898
By The Outlook Co.

Copyright 1898
By J. B. Walker

Copyright 1903
By W. IL. Gannett

Copyright 1896, 1899, 1903, 1905, 1913
By DODD, MEAD AND COMPANY

Published, October, 1913

DEDICATIONS

LYRICS OF LOWLY LIFE
TO
MY MOTHER

•••

LYRICS OF THE HEARTHSIDE
TO
ALICE

•••

LYRICS OF LOVE AND LAUGHTER
TO
MISS CATHERINE IMPEY

•••

LYRICS OF SUNSHINE AND SHADOW
TO
MRS. FRANK CONOVER
WITH THANKS FOR HER LONG BELIEF

Table of Contents (not listed in original)

• Introduction to Lyrics of Lowly Life
• [Poems in order]

Index of Titles

		Page
Absence		93
Accountability		5
Advice		250
After a Visit		42
After Many Days		267
After The Quarrel		40
After While		53
Alexander Crummell—Dead		113
Alice		40
Anchored		256
Angelina		138
Ante-Bellum Sermon, An		13
Appreciation		247
At Candle-Lightin' Time		155
At Cheshire Cheese		129
At Loafing-Holt		263
At Night		254
At Sunset Time		263
At The Tavern		226
Awakening, The		252
Back-Log Song, A		143
Ballad		58
Ballade		204
Banjo Song, A		20
Barrier, The		99
Behind The Arras		94
Bein' Back Home		259
Beyond The Years		41
Black Samson Of Brandywine		205
Blue		253
Bohemian, The		92
Boogah Man, The		185
Booker T. Washington		209
Border Ballad, A		48
Boy's Summer Song, A		235
Breaking The Charm		149
Bridal Measure, A		97
By Rugged Ways		215
By The Stream		50
Cabin Tale, A		153
Capture, The		275
Career, A		285
Change Has Come, The		58
Change, The		258
Changing Time		72
Chase, The		258
Choice, A		125
Chrismus Is A-Comin'		153
Chrismus On The Plantation		137
Christmas		269
Christmas Carol		278
Christmas Folksong, A		236
Christmas in the Heart		105
Circumstances Alter Cases		261
Colored Band, The		178
Colored Soldiers, The		50
Columbian Ode		47
Communion		110
Comparison		59
Compensation		256
Confessional		116
Confidence, A		73
Conquerors, The		112
Conscience and Remorse		31
Coquette Conquered, A		62
Corn-Song, A		59
Corn-Stalk Fiddle, The		16
Crisis, The		111
Curiosity		241
Curtain		42
Dance, The		170
Dat Ol' Mare O' Mine		189
Dawn		65
Day		248
Deacon Jones' Grievance		39
Dead		73
Death		227
Death of the First Born, The		258
Death Song, A		142
Debt, The		213
De Critters' Dance		181
Delinquent, The		64
Dely		148
Deserted Plantation, The		67
Despair		261
De Way T'ings Come		225
Differences		192
Dilettante, The: A Modern Type		49
Dinah Kneading Dough		188
Diplomacy		238
Dirge		66
Dirge for a Soldier		199
Disappointed		60
Discovered		60
Discovery, The		251
Distinction		114
Disturber, The		131
Douglass		208
Dove, The		167
Dream Song I		104
Dream Song II		104
Dreamer, The		100
Dreamin' Town		254
Dreams		100
Dreams		166
Drizzle		180
Drowsy Day, A		65
Easy-Goin' Feller, An		49
Encouraged		238
Encouragement		184
End of the Chapter, The		101
Equipment		276
Ere Sleep Comes Down to Soothe the Weary Eyes		3
Evening		276
Expectation		131
Faith		244
Farewell to Arcady		123
Farm Child's Lullaby, The		245
Fisher Child's Lullaby, The		244
Fishing		172
Florida Night, A		191
Foolin' wid de Seasons		139
For the Man who Fails		118
Forest Greeting, The		237
Forever		240
Fount of Tears, The		224
Frederick Douglass		6
Frolic, A		200
From the Porch at Runnymede		275
Garret, The		96
Golden Day, A		251
Good-Night		61
Gourd, The		107
Grievance, A		188
Growin' Gray		80
Harriet Beecher Stowe		119
Haunted Oak, The		219
He Had His Dream		61
Her Thought and His		93
Hope		247
How Lucy Backslid		158
How Shall I Woo Thee		289
"Howdy, Honey, Howdy!"		196
Hunting Song		150
Hymn		66
Hymn		133
Hymn, A		98
If		75
Ione		31
In an English Garden		111
In August		130
In May		166
In Summer		91
In Summer Time		280
In the Morning		190
In the Tents of Akbar		223
Inspiration		179
Invitation to Love		61
Itching Heels		222
James Whitcomb Riley		287
Jealous		145
Jilted		136
Joggin' Erlong		165
Johnny Speaks		235
Just Whistle a Bit		98
Keep a-pluggin' away		46
Keep a Song up on de Way		169
Kidnaped		255
King Is Dead, The		105
Knight, The		108
Lapse, The		122
Lawyers' Ways, The		22
Lazy Day, A		249
Lesson, The		8
Letter, A		151
Life		8
Life's Tragedy		225
Li'l' Gal		207
Lily of the Valley, The		237
Limitations		250
Lincoln		184
Little Brown Baby		134
Little Christmas Basket, A		174
Little Lucy Landman		107
Liza May		267
Lonesome		79
Long Ago		192
'Long to'ds Night		187
Longing		21
Looking-Glass, The		206
Lost Dream, A		270
Love		103
Love and Grief		102
Love Despoiled		122
Love Letter, A		266
Love-Song		210
Love Song, A		222
Lover and the Moon, The		29
Lover's Lane		132
Love's Apotheosis		89
Love's Castle		201
Love's Draft		252
Love's Humility		106
Love's Phases		117
Love's Pictures		282
Love's Seasons		215
Lullaby		144
Lyric, A		288
Madrigal, A		287
Mare Rubrum		110
Master-Player, The		17
Masters, The		268
Meadow Lark, The		71
Melancholia		54
Memory of Martha, The		194
Merry Autumn		56
Misty Day, A		207
Misapprehension		117
Monk's Walk, The		209
Morning		252
Morning Song of Love		202
Mortality		103
My Corn-Cob Pipe		129
My Lady of Castle Grand		180
My Little March Girl		120
My Sort o' Man		140
My Sweet Brown Gal		176
Mystery, The		17
Mystic Sea, The		91
Murdered Lover, The		211
Musical, A		253
Nature And Art		52
Negro Love Song, A		49
News, The		136
Night		263
Night, Dim Night		227
Night of Love		46
Noddin' by de Fire		201
Noon		226
Nora: A Serenade		62
Not They Who Soar		18
Nutting Song		282
October		63
Ode for Memorial Day		22
Ode to Ethiopia		15
Old Apple-Tree, The		10
Old Cabin, The		260
Old Front Gate, The		199
Old Homestead, The		283
Old Memory, An		284
Ol' Tunes, The		53
On a Clean Book		202
On the Death of W. C.		284
On the Dedication of Dorothy Hall		214
On the River		285
On the Road		142
On the Sea Wall		115
One Life		72
Opportunity		242
Over The Hills		90
Paradox, The		89
Parted		240
Parted		145
Party, The		83
Passion and Love		11
Path, The		21
Phantom Kiss, The		109
Philosophy		212
Photograph, The		144
Phyllis		74
Place Where the Rainbow Ends, The		246
Plantation Child's Lullaby, The		241
Plantation Portrait, A		173
Plantation Melody, A		193
Plea, A		167
Poet And His Song, The		4
Poet And The Baby, The		114
Poet, The		191
Pool, The		198
Poor Withered Rose		286
Possession		198
Possum		141
Possum Trot		147
Prayer, A		14
Precedent		106
Preference, A		213
Premonition		23
Preparation		67
Prometheus		117
Promise		12
Protest		133
Puttin' The Baby Away		243
Quilting, The		240
Rain-Songs		270
Real Question, The		135
Religion		38
Reluctance		203
Remembered		121
Resignation		106
Response		175
Retort		5
Retrospection		24
Riding to Town		70
Right to Die, The		94
Right's Security		75
Rising of the Storm, The		8
Rivals, The		27
River of Ruin, The		265
Roadway, A		214
Robert Gould Shaw		221
Roses		221
Roses and Pearls		270
Sailor's Song, A		92
Sand-Man, The		235
Scamp		239
Secret, The		68
Seedling, The		12
She Gave Me a Rose		103
She Told Her Beads		106
Ships that Pass in the Night		64
Signs of the Times		77
Silence		186
Slow Through the Dark		211
Snowin'		168
Soliloquy of a Turkey		171
Song		13
Song		178
Song, A		248
Song, A		271
Song of Summer		26
Song, The		76
Sonnet		115
Sparrow, The		78
Speakin' at de Cou't-house		205
Speakin' O' Christmas		78
Spellin'-Bee, The		42
Spiritual, A		194
Spring Fever		176
Spring Song		26
Spring Wooing, A		164
Starry Night, A		288
Summer Night, A		262
Stirrup Cup, The		125
Summer Pastoral, A		279
Summer's Night, A		64
Sum, The		114
Sunset		9
Suppose		258
Sympathy		102
Temptation		146
Thanksgiving Poem, A		281
Then and Now		129
Theology		106
Thou Art My Lute		109
Till the Wind Gets Right		262
Time to Tinker 'Roun'!		135
To a Captious Critic		189
To a Lady Playing The Harp		116
To a Dead Friend		216
To a Violet Found on All Saints' Day		179
To an Ingrate		223
To Dan		248
To E. H. K.		97
To Her		266
To J. Q.		238
To Louise		26
To Pfrimmer		277
To the Eastern Shore		202
To the Memory of Mary Young		81
To the Miami		277
To the Road		163
To the South		216
Trouble in de Kitchen		268
Tryst, The		166
Turning of the Babies in the Bed, The		170
Twell de Night Is Pas'		253
Twilight		241
Two Little Boots		163
Two Songs		19
Unexpressed		25
Unlucky Apple, The		251
Unsung Heroes, The		196
Vagrants		119
Valse, The		175
Vengeance Is Sweet		98
Veteran, The		256
Voice Of The Banjo, The		124
Visitor, The		177
Wadin' in de Creek		239
Waiting		100
Warm Day in Winter, A		168
We Wear the Mask		71
Warrior's Prayer, The		123
Weltschmertz		220
W'en I Gits Home		195
What's the Use		249
When a Feller's Itchin' to Be Spanked		264
When all Is Done		113
When de Co'n Pone's Hot		57
When Dey 'Listed Colored Soldiers		182
When Malindy Sings		82
When Sam'l Sings		208
When the Old Man Smokes		95
When Winter Darkening All Around		275
Whip-Poor-Will And Katy-Did		186
Whistling Sam		156
Whittier		18
Why Fades a Dream?		77
Wind and the Sea, The		69
Winter-Song		236
Winter's Approach		256
Winter's Day, A		120
With the Lark		90
Wooing, The		55
Worn Out		286
Wraith, The		186
Yesterday and To-Morrow		257

INDEX OF FIRST LINES

PAGE
A bee that was searching for sweets one day		19
A blue-bell springs upon the ledge		26
A cloud fell down from the heavens		288
A crust of bread and a corner to sleep in		8
A hush is over all the teeming lists		6
A knock is at her door, but she is weak		73
A life was mine full of the close concern		103
A lilt and a swing		226
A little bird with plumage brown		78
A little dreaming by the way		114
A lover whom duty called over the wave		29
A maiden wept and, as a comforter		11
A man of low degree was sore oppressed		111
A song for the unsung heroes who rose in the country's need		196
A song is but a little thing		4
A youth went farming up and down		55
Across the hills and down the narrow ways		120
Adown the west a golden glow		263
Ah, Douglass, we have fall'n on evil days		208
Ah, I have changed, I do not know		270
Ah, love, my love is like a cry in the night		222
Ah me, it is cold and chill		186
Ah, Nora, my Nora, the light fades away		62
Ah, yes, it is sweet still to remember,		31
Ah, yes, the chapter ends to-day		101
Ain't it nice to have a mammy		239
Ain't nobody tol' you not a wo'd a-tall		181
Air a-gittin' cool an' coolah		77
All de night long twell de moon goes down		253
All hot and grimy from the road		224
Along by the river of ruin		265
An angel robed in spotless white		65
An old man planted and dug and tended		60
An old, worn harp that had been played		17
As a quiet little seedling		12
As in some dim baronial hall restrained		94
As lone I sat one summer's day		122
As some rapt gazer on the lowly carth		106
Ashes to ashes, dust unto dust		103
At the golden gate of song		179
Aye, lay him in his grave, the old dead year!		105
Back to the breast of thy mother		113
Because I had loved so deeply		256
Because you love me I have much achieved		238
Bedtime's come fu' little boys		144
Belated wanderer of the ways of spring		179
Beyond the years the answer lies		41
Bird of my lady's bower		19
Bones a-gittin' achy		153
Break me my bounds, and let me fly		285
Breezes blowin' middlin' brisk		78
Bring me the livery of no other man		92
By Mystic's banks I held my dream		204
By rugged ways and thro' the night		215
By the pool that I see in my dreams, dear love		198
By the stream I dream in calm delight, and watch as in a glass		50
Caught Susanner whistlin'; well		149
Come away to dreamin' town		254
Come, drink a stirrup cup with me		125
Come, essay a sprightly measure		97
Come on walkin' wid me, Lucy; 't ain't no time to mope erroun'		164
Come to the pane, draw the curtain apart		120
Come when the nights are bright with stars		61
Cool is the wind, for the summer is waning		163
Cover him over with daisies white		258
Daih's a moughty soothin' feelin'		187
Darling, my darling, my heart is on the wing		202
Days git wa'm an' wa'mah		239
De axes has been ringin' in de woods de blessid day		143
De breeze is blowin' 'cross de bay		145
De 'cession's stahted on de gospel way,		194
De daʼkest hour, dey allus say		165
De dog go howlin' 'long de road		247
De night creep down erlong de lan'		166
De ol' time's gone, de new time's hyeah		192
De sun hit shine an' de win' hit blow		256
De times is mighty stirrin' 'mong de people up ouah way		158
De trees is bendin' in de sto'm		193
De way t'ings come, hit seems to me		225
De win' is blowin' wahmah		236
De win' is hollahin' "Daih you" to de shuttahs an' de fiah		174
Dear critic, who my lightness so deplores		189
Dear heart, good-night!		23
Dear Miss Lucy: I been t'inkin' dat I'd write you long fo' dis		151
Deep in my heart that aches with the repression		25
Dey been speakin' at de cou't-house		205
Dey had a gread big pahty down to Tom's de othah night		83
Dey is snow upon the meddahs		168
Dey is times in life when Nature		57
Dey was oncet a awful quoil 'twixt de skillet an' de pot		268
Dey was talkin' in de cabin, dey was talkin' in de hall		182
Dey's a so't o' threatenin' feelin' in de blowin' of de breeze		171
Dinah stan' befo' de glass		206
Dis is gospel weathah sho'-		26
Do' a-stan'in' on a jar, fiah a-shinin' thoo		196
Dolly sits a-quilting by her mother, stitch by stitch		240
Done are the toils and the wearisome marches		22
Dream days of fond delight and hours		287
Dream on, for dreams are sweet		100
Driftwood gathered here and there		277
Duck come switchin' 'cross de lot		275
Ef dey's anyt'ing dat riles me		141
Ef you's only got de powah fe' to blow a little whistle		250
Eight of 'em hyeah all tol' an' yet		243
Emblem of blasted hope and lost desire		115
Ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes		3
Folks ain't got no right to censuah othah folks about dey habits		5
Folks is talkin' 'bout de money, 'bout de silvah an' de gold		135
Four hundred years ago a tangled waste		47
Fu' de peace o' my eachin' heels, set down		222
God has his plans, and what if we		81
"Good-bye," I said to my conscience		31
Goo'-by, Jinks, I got to hump		64
Good hunting!-aye, good hunting		237
Good-night, my love, for I have dreamed of thee		93
Granny's gone a-visitin'		242
Grass commence a-comin'		176
Gray are the pages of record		205
Gray is the palace where she dwells		180
G'way an' quit dat noise, Miss Lucy		82
Hain't you see my Mandy Lou		173
He had his dream, and all through life		61
He loved her, and through many years		129
He sang of life serenely sweet		191
He scribbles some in prose and verse,		49
Heart of my heart, the day is chill		207
Heart of the Southland, heed me pleading now		216
Heel and toe, heel and toe		170
Hello, ole man, you're a-gittin' gray		80
Hit's been drizzlin' an' been sprinklin'		180
Home agin, an' home to stay		259
How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own?		289
How sweet the music sounded		284
How's a man to write a sonnet, can you tell		114
Hurt was the nation with a mighty wound		184
Hyeah come Cæsar Higgins		145
Hyeah dat singin' in de medders		208
"I am but clay," the sinner plead		114
I am no priest of crooks nor creeds		38
I am the mother of sorrows		89
I be'n down in ole Kentucky		42
I been t'inkin' 'bout de preachah; whut he said de othah night		212
I did not know that life could be so sweet		252
I done got 'uligion, honey, an' I's happy ez a king		146
I don't believe in 'ristercrats		140
I grew a rose once more to please mine eyes		13
I grew a rose within a garden fair		12
I had not known before		240
I has hyeahd o' people dancin' an' I's hyeahd o' people singin'		156
I have no fancy for that ancient cant		94
I have seen full many a sight		188
I held my heart so far from harm		255
I found you and I lost you		251
I know a man		235
I know my love is true		58
I know what the caged bird feels, alas!		102
I never shall furgit that night when father hitched up Dobbin		42
I sit upon the old sea wall.		115
I stand above the city's rush and din		275
I stood by the shore at the death of day		69
I think that though the clouds be dark		53
I was not; now I am—a few days hence		17
If Death should claim me for her own to-day		210
If life were but a dream, my Love		75
If the muse were mine to tempt it		50
If thro' the sea of night which here surrounds me		256
If 'twere fair to suppose		258
If you could sit with me beside the sea to-day		21
In a small and lonely cabin out of noisy traffic's way		124
In de dead of night I sometimes		260
In Life's Red Sea with faith I plant my feet		110
In the east the morning comes		199
In the heavy earth the miner		107
In the forenoon's restful quiet		95
In the silence of my heart		110
In this sombre garden close		209
In the tents of Akbar		223
In this old garden, fair, I walk to-day		111
I's a-gittin' weary of de way dat people do		244
I's boun' to see my gal to-night		142
I's feelin' kin' o' lonesome in my little room to-night		202
It is as if a silver chord		216
It may be misery not to sing at all		225
It was Chrismus Eve, I mind hit fu' a mighty gloomy day		137
It's all a farce,—these tales they tell		56
It's hot to-day. The bees is buzzin'		279
It's moughty tiahsome layin' 'roun'		195
I've a humble little motto		46
I've always been a faithful man		267
I've been list'nin' to them lawyers		22
I've been watchin' of 'em, parson		39
I've journeyed 'roun' consid'able, a-seein' men an' things		147
Jes' lak toddy wahns you thoo'		148
Just whistle a bit, if the day be dark		98
Key and bar, key and bar		201
Kiss me, Miami, thou most constant one!		277
Know you, winds that blow your course		40
Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass		142
Lead gently, Lord, and slow		98
Let me close the eyes of my soul		261
Let those who will stride on their barren roads		214
'Lias! 'Lias! Bless de Lawd!		190
Like sea-washed sand upon the shore		202
Like the blush upon the rose		282
Little brown baby wif spa'klin' eyes		134
Little brown face full of smiles		267
Little lady at de do'		177
Long had I grieved at what I deemed abuse		106
Long since, in sore distress, I heard one pray		123
Long time ago, we too set out		119
Long years ago, within a distant clime		104
Love hath the wings of the butterfly		117
Love is the light of the world, my dear		231
Love me. I care not what the circling years		89
Love used to carry a bow, you know		258
Lucy done gone back on me		136
Mammy's in de kitchen, an' de do' is shet		241
Mastah drink his ol' Made'a		213
Men may sing of their Havanas, elevating to the stars		129
Mother's gone a-visitin' to spend a month er two		79
My cot was down by a cypress grove		8
My heart to thy heart		13
My lady love lives far away		288
My muvver's ist the nicest one		247
My neighbor lives on the hill		192
My soul, lost in the music's mist		76
Night, dim night, and it rains, my love, it rains		227
Night is for sorrow and dawn is for joy		90
Not o'er thy dust let there be spent		18
No matter what you call it		287
Not they who soar, but they who plod		18
Not to the midnight of the gloomy past		214
O li'l' lamb out in de col'		133
O Lord, the hard-won miles		11
O Mother Race! to thee I bring		15
October is the treasurer of the year		63
Oh, de clouds is mighty heavy		169
Oh, de grubbin'-hoe's a-rustin' in de co'nah		67
Oh, de weathah it is balmy an' de breeze is sighin' low		207
Oh, dere's lots o' keer an' trouble		20
Oh for the breath of the briny deep		92
Oh, I am hurt to death, my Love		72
Oh, I des received a letter f'om de sweetest little gal		266
Oh, I haven't got long to live, for we all		48
Oh, summer has clothed the earth		91
Oh the breeze is blowin' balmy		262
Oh, the day has set me dreaming		107
Oh, the little bird is rocking in the cradle of the wind		245
Oh, the poets may sing of their Lady Irenes		26
Oh to have you in May		166
Oh, what shall I do? I am wholly upset		131
Oh, who is the Lord of the land of life		268
Oh, who would be sad tho' the sky be a-graying		236
Oh, wind of the spring-time, oh, free wind of May		221
On a summer's day as I sat by a stream		248
On the wide veranda white		59
Once Love grew bold and arrogant of air		102
One night in my room, still and beamless		109
Our good knight, Ted, girds his broadsword on		108
Out in de night a sad bird moans		194
Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing		64
Out of my heart, one day, I wrote a song		117
Out of my heart, one treach'rous winter's day		102
Out of the sunshine and out of the heat		167
Outside the rain upon the street		253
Over the hills and the valleys of dreaming		90
Phyllis, ah, Phyllis, my life is a gray day		74
Place this bunch of mignonette		66
Poor withered rose, she gave it me		286
Pray, what can dreams avail		104
Pray why are you so bare, so bare		219
Prometheus stole from Heaven the sacred fire		117
Ring out, ye bells!		278
Round the wide earth, from the red field your valour has won		112
Say a mass for my soul's repose, my brother		211
Search thou my heart		116
See dis pictyah in my han'		144
Seems lak folks is mighty curus		139
Seen my lady home las' night		49
Seen you down at chu'ch las' night		60
Shadder in de valley.		226
She gave a rose		103
She sang, and I listened the whole song thro'		121
She told the story, and the whole world wept		119
She told her beads with downcast eyes		106
She wrapped her soul in a lace of lies		240
Silence, and whirling worlds afar		263
Silently without my window		54
Since I left the city's heat		263
Slow de night's a-fallin'		186
Slow moves the pageant of a climbing race		211
So we, who've supped the selfsame cup		40
Some folks t'inks hit's right an' p'opah		201
Standin' at de winder		253
Step me now a bridal measure		248
Step wid de banjo an' glide wid de fiddle,		269
Storm and strife and stress		227
Summah night an' sighin' breeze		132
Summah's nice, wif sun a-shinin'		132
Summer is de lovin' time		262
Sunshine on de medders		168
Sweetest of the flowers a-blooming		237
Swing yo' lady roun' an' roun'		200
Tek a cool night, good an' cleah		150
Tell your love where the roses blow		238
Temples he built, and palaces of air		100
The air is dark, the sky is gray		65
The change has come, and Helen sleeps		58
The cloud looked in at the window		72
The draft of love was cool and sweet		252
The gray dawn on the mountain top		248
The gray of the sea, and the gray of the sky		93
The lake's dark breast		8
The lark is silent in his nest		61
The little bird sits in the nest and sings		67
The Midnight wooed the Morning-Star		99
The mist has left the greening plain		252
The moon begins her stately ride		276
The moon has left the sky, love		46
The night is dewy as a maiden's mouth		64
The November sun invites me		282
The poor man went to the rich man's doors		106
The rain streams down like harpstrings from the sky		270
The river sleeps beneath the sky		9
The sand-man he's a jolly old fellow		235
The sky of brightest gray seems dark		59
The smell of the sea in my nostrils		91
The snow lies deep upon the ground		105
The sun has slipped his tether		100
The sun hath shed its kindly light		281
The sun is low		285
The trees bend down along the stream		249
The wind is out in its rage to-night		244
The wind told the little leaves to hurry		258
The word is writ that he who runs may read		209
The world is a snob, and the man who wins		118
The young queen Nature, ever sweet and fair		52
Ther' ain't no use in all this strife		49
There are no beaten paths to Glory's height		21
There is a heaven, for ever, day by day		106
There's a fabulous story		246
There's a memory keeps a-runnin'		10
These are the days of elfs and fays		251
They please me not—these solemn songs		125
This is the debt I pay		213
This is to-day, a golden summer's day		223
This poem must be done to-day		122
Thou arrant robber, Death!		284
"Thou art a fool," said my head to my heart		5
Thou art my lute, by thee I sing		109
Thou art the soul of a summer's day		271
Though the winds be dank		71
Thy tones are silver melted into sound		116
Tim Murphy's gon' walkin' wid Maggie O'Neill		261
'Tis an old deserted homestead		283
'Tis better to set here beside the sea		186
'Tis fine to play		235
To me, like hauntings of a vagrant breath		97
Treat me nice, Miss Mandy Jane		167
'Twas the apple that in Eden		251
'Twas three an' thirty year ago		27
'Twixt a smile and a tear		241
Two little boots all rough an' wo'		163
Uncle John, he makes me tired		73
Underneath the autumn sky		256
Villain shows his indiscretion		42
Want to trade me, do you, mistah? Oh, well, now, I reckon not		189
We is gathahed hyeah, my brothahs		13
We wear the mask that grins and lies		71
W'en daih's chillun in de house		199
W'en de clouds is hangin' heavy in de sky		176
W'en de colo'ed ban' comes ma'chin' down de street		178
W'en de evenin' shadders		185
W'en de snow's a-fallin'		188
W'en I git up in de mo'nin' an' de clouds is big an' black		172
W'en us fellers stomp around, makin' lots o' noise		264
W'en you full o' worry		250
What are the things that make life bright?		238
What dreams we have and how they fly		166
What if the wind do howl without		75
What says the wind to the waving trees?		68
What's the use o' folks a-frownin'		249
When all is done, and my last word is said		113
When August days are hot an' dry		130
When de fiddle gits to singin' out a ol' Vahginny reel		138
When first of wise old Johnson taught		129
When I come in f'm de co'n-fiel' aftah wo'kin' ha'd all day		155
When I was young I longed for Love		98
When labor is light and the morning is fair		70
When Phyllis sighs and from her eyes		175
When storms arise		66
When summer time has come, and all		280
When the bees are humming in the honeysuckle vine		215
When the corn's all cut and the bright stalks shine		16
When to sweet music my lady is dancing		175
When winter covering all the ground		275
When you and I were young, the days		24
Who dat knockin' at de do'?		184
Who say my hea't ain't true to you?		133
Whose little lady is you, chile		198
Whut dat you whisperin' keepin' f'om me?		136
Whut time 'd dat clock strike?		254
Whut you say, dah? huh, uh! chile		153
Why fades a dream?		77
Why was it that the thunder voice of Fate		221
Will I have some mo' dat pie?		203
Win' a-blowin' gentle so de san' lay low		191
Wintah, summah, snow er shine		178
Wintah time hit comin'		241
With sombre mien, the evening gray		123
With what thou gavest me, O Master		276
Within a London garret high		96
Woman's sho' a cur'ous critter, an' dey ain't no doubtin' dat		170
Yes, my ha't 's ez ha'd ez stone		62
Yesterday I held your hand		257
You ask why I am sad to-day		220
You bid me hold my peace		286
You kin talk about yer anthems		53
You'll be wonderin' whut's de reason		131
Your presence like a benison to me		266
Your spoken words are roses fine and sweet		270