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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
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 joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core, But a plea, that upward to Heaven he flings- I know why the caged bird sings! -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Washington is the city where the big men of little towns come to be disillusioned -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
You are sweet, O Love, dear Love,You are soft as the nesting dove.Come to my heart and bring it restAs the bird flies home to its welcome nest. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
In his moments of pride he had said all those things, half in fun and half in earnest, and he began to wonder how he could have been so many kinds of a fool for so long without realising it. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
It's all a farce, - these tales they tell About the breezes sighing, And moans astir o'er field and dell, Because the year is dying. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
E 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 smile. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
I hope there is something worthy in my writings and not merely the novelty of a black face associated with the power to rhyme that has attracted attention. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Taking it all in all and after all, negro life in Washington is a promise rather than a fulfillment. But it is worthy of note for the really excellent things which are promised -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
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. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
A song fluttered down in the form of a dove,
And it bore me a message, the one word-Love! -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
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. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Poor conceited humanity! Interpreters of God indeed. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Oh, how with more than dreams the soul is torn, ere sleep comes down to soothe the weary eyes. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Love me, honey, love me true?
Love me well ez I love you?
An' she answe'd, " 'Cose I do"
Jump back, honey, jump back. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Hope is tenacious. It goes on living and working when science has dealt it what should be its deathblow. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
With our short sight we affect to take a comprehensive view of eternity. Our horizon is the universe. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Only the rich are lonesome. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
The age is materialistic. Verse isn't. I must be with the age, so I am writing prose. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
We wear the mask that grins and lies. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
All play and no work makes Jack a mere toy. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
Money is a great dignifier. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
I know what the caged bird feels, alas! -- Paul Laurence Dunbar
We reduce the deity to vulgar fractions. We place our own little ambitions and label them ?divine messages?. With our short sight we affect to take a comprehensive view of eternity. -- Paul Laurence Dunbar