'Sunshine on de medders,from 'A Warm Day in Winter' (in full here) by Paul Laurence Dunbar.
Greenness on de way;
Dat's de blessed reason
I sing all de day.
Look hyeah! Whut you axin’?
Whut meks me so merry?
‘Spect to see me sighin’
W’en hit ‘s wa’m in Febawary?'
Monday, February 09, 2015
Fitting Lines for Today
Subjects:
American poetry
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landscape poetry
,
language
,
Paul Laurence Dunbar
,
poetry
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