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POEMS
Also see http://www.plethoreum.org/dunbar/ where the poems are read by Professor Hebert Martin
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THE POET
ERE SLEEP COMES DOWN
LITTLE BROWN BABY
UNEXPRESSED
IONE
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TO LOUISE
A NEGRO LOVE SONG
AFTER THE QUARREL
SONG
PASSION AND LOVE
LONGING
RETORT
TWO SONGS
THE LOVER AND THE MOON
THE RIVALS
ALICE
NIGHT OF LOVE
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THE SPELLIN'-BEE
A BANJO SONG
KEEP A-PLUGGIN' AWAY
THE WOOING
AN EASY-GOIN' FELLER
THE DELINQUENT
RIDING TO TOWN
THE PARTY
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WHY FADES A DREAM?
IF
WHEN MALINDY SINGS
THE SECRET
LONESOME
CHANGING TIME
THE SPARROW
A CONFIDENCE
WE WEAR THE MASK
DEAD
ONE LIFE
THE WIND AND THE SEA
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THE COLORED SOLDIERS
THE DEBT
THE OLD APPLE-TREE
SYMPATHY
NOT THEY WHO SOAR
SUNSET
COMPENSATION
THE LESSON
THE RISING OF THE STORM
SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT
A PRAYER
NORA: A SERENADE
PHYLLIS
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When DEY 'LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS
ODE TO ETHIOPIA
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