Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Paul Laurence Dunbar 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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Quote Left Lay me down beneaf de willers in de grass, Whah de branch'll go a-singin' as it pass. Quote Right
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Quote Left It is not a carol of joy or glee, But a prayer that he sends from his heart's deep core,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Fu' I t'ink de las' long res' Gwine to soothe my sperrit bes' If I's layin' 'mong de t'ings I's allus knowed. Quote Right
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Quote Left I know what the caged bird feels, alas! Quote Right
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