Seen my lady home las' night, …
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Come when the nights are bright with stars …
Little brown baby wif spa'klin' eyes, …
The moon has left the sky, love, …
Out in the sky the great dark clouds are massing; …
Air a-gittin' cool an' coolah, …
Wintah, summah, snow er shine, …
I know what the caged bird feels, alas! …
When the corn’s all cut and the bright stalks shine …
This is the debt I pay …
Pray why are you so bare, so bare, …
I've been list'nin' to them lawyers …
W'en daih's chillun in de house, …
I am the mother of sorrows, …
As a quiet little seedling …
Thou art my lute, by thee I sing,— …
We wear the mask that grins and lies, …
Dey is times in life when Nature …