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Laurence Dunbar, Paul

Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was a seminal African American poet of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Dunbar gained national recognition for his 1896 "Ode to Ethiopia", one poem in the collection Lyrics of Lowly Life.. African American poet novelist and playwright

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Theology

 There is a heaven, for ever, day by day, 
The upward longing of my soul doth tell me so. 
There is a hell, I'm quite as sure; for pray 
If there were not, where would my neighbours go?



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