As some rapt gazer on the lowly earth,
Looks up to radiant planets, ranging far,
So I, whose soul doth know thy wondrous worth
Look longing up to thee as to a star.

(C) Paul Laurence Dunbar
03/07/2017


Best Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar

• The Dilettante: A Modern Type
• A Choice
• Life
• A Prayer
• Disappointed
• Why Fades A Dream?
• A Poem Of Faith
• Come And Kiss Me Sweet And Twenty
• Promise
• The Debt
• Sunset
• Passion And Love
• The Mystery
• October
• Nature And Art
• long Tods Night
• Hope
• Distinction
• To A Captious Critic
• The Lesson
• A Negro Love Song