(Below is a list of poems included in the book The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar. The number beside the title of the poem is the original page number the poem appeared on. This will allow researchers to reference the page number for possible footnotes or for future reference. Click on the poem's title to be taken to the page where the poem is listed. You will have to search down that page to find the poem you are searching for. - Editor Dayton History Books Online)
INDEX OF TITLES
• ABSENCE 93
• ACCOUNTABILITY 5
• ADVICE 250
• AFTER A VISIT 42
• AFTER MANY DAYS 267
• AFTER THE QUARREL 40
• AFTER WHILE 53
• ALEXANDER CRUMMELL—DEAD 113
• ALICE 40
• ANCHORED 256
• ANGELINA 138
• ANTE-BELLUM SERMON, AN 13
• APPRECIATION 247
• AT CANDLE-LIGHTIN' TIME 155
• AT CHESHIRE CHEESE 129
• AT LOAFING-HOLT 263
• AT NIGHT 254
• AT SUNSET TIME 263
• AT THE TAVERN 226
• AWAKENING, THE 252
• BACK-LOG SONG, A 143
• BALLAD 58
• BALLADE 204
• BANJO SONG, A 20
• BARRIER, THE 99
• BEHIND THE ARRAS 94
• BEIN' BACK HOME 259
• BEYOND THE YEARS 41
• BLACK SAMSON OF BRANDYWINE 205
• BLUE 253
• BOHEMIAN, THE 92
• BOOGAH MAN, THE 185
• BOOKER T. WASHINGTON 209
• BORDER BALLAD, A 48
• BOYS' SUMMER SONG, A 235
• BREAKING THE CHARM 149
• BRIDAL MEASURE, A 97
• BY RUGGED WAYS 215
• BY THE STREAM 50
• CABIN TALE, A 153
• CAPTURE, THE 275
• CAREER, A 285
• CHANGE HAS COME, THE 58
• CHANGE, THE 258
• CHANGING TIME 72
• CHASE, THE 258
• CHOICE, A 125
• CHRISTMUS IS A-COMIN' 153
• CHRISTMAS ON THE PLANTATION 137
• CHRISTMAS 269
• CHRISTMAS CAROL 278
• CHRISTMAS FOLKSONG, A 236
• CHRISTMAS IN THE HEART 105
• CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES 261
• COLORED BAND, THE 178
• COLORED SOLDIERS, THE 50
• COLUMBIAN ODE 47
• COMMUNION 110
• COMPARISON 59
• COMPENSATION 256
• CONFESSIONAL 116
• CONFIDENCE, A 73
• CONQUERORS, THE 112
• CONSCIENCE AND REMORSE 31
• COQUETTE CONQUERED, A 62
• CORN-SONG, A 59
• CORN-STALK FIDDLE, THE 16
• CRISIS, THE 111
• CURIOSITY 241
• CURTAIN 42
• DANCE, THE 170
• DAT OL' MARE O' MINE 189
• DAWN 65
• DAY 248
• DEACON JONES' GRIEVANCE 39
• DEAD 73
• DEATH 227
• DEATH OF THE FIRST BORN, THE 258
• DEATH SONG, A 142
• DEBT, THE 213
• DE CRITTERS' DANCE 181
• DELINQUENT, THE 64
• DELY 148
• DESERTED PLANTATION, THE 67
• DESPAIR 261
• DE WAY T'INGS COME 225
• DIFFERENCES 192
• DILETTANTE, THE: A MODERN TYPE 49
• DINAH KNEADING DOUGH 188
• DIPLOMACY 238
• DIRGE 66
• DIRGE FOR A SOLDIER 199
• DISAPPOINTED 60
• DISCOVERED 60
• DISCOVERY, THE 251
• DISTINCTION 114
• DISTURBER, THE 131
• DOUGLASS 208
• DOVE, THE 167
• DREAM SONG I 104
• DREAM SONG II 104
• DREAMER, THE 100
• DREAMIN' TOWN 254
• DREAMS 100
• DREAMS 166
• DRIZZLE 180
• DROWSY DAY, A 65
• EASY-GOIN' FELLER, AN 49
• ENCOURAGED 238
• ENCOURAGEMENT 184
• END OF THE CHAPTER, THE 101
• EQUIPMENT 276
• ERE SLEEP COMES DOWN TO SOOTHE THE WEARY EYES 3
• EVENING 276
• EXPECTATION 131
• FAITH 244
• FAREWELL TO ARCADY 123
• FARM CHILD'S LULLABY, THE 245
• FISHER CHILD'S LULLABY, THE 244
• FISHING 172
• FLORIDA NIGHT, A 191
• FOOLIN' WID DE SEASONS 139
• FOR THE MAN WHO FAILS 118
• FOREST GREETING, THE 237
• FOREVER 240
• FOUNT OF TEARS, THE 224
• FREDERICK DOUGLASS 6
• FROLIC, A 200
• FROM THE PORCH AT RUNNYMEDE 275
• GARRET, THE 96
• GOLDEN DAY, A 251
• GOOD-NIGHT 61
• GOURD, THE 107
• GRIEVANCE, A 188
• GROWIN' GRAY 80
• HARRIET BEECHER STOWE 119
• HAUNTED OAK, THE 219
• HE HAD HIS DREAM 61
• HER THOUGHT AND HIS 93
• HOPE 247
• HOW LUCY BACKSLID 158
• HOW SHALL I WOO THEE 289
• "HOWDY, HONEY, HOWDY!" 196
• HUNTING SONG 150
• HYMN 66
• HYMN 133
• HYMN, A 98
• IF 75
• IONE 31
• IN AN ENGLISH GARDEN 111
• IN AUGUST 130
• IN MAY 166
• IN SUMMER 91
• IN SUMMER TIME 280
• IN THE MORNING 190
• IN THE TENDS OF AKBAR 223
• INSPIRATION 179
• INVITATION TO LOVE 61
• ITCHING HEELS 222
• JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY 287
• JEALOUS 145
• JILTED 136
• JOGGIN' ERLONG 165
• JOHNNY SPEAKS 235
• JUST WHISTLE A BIT 98
• KEEP A-PLUGGIN' AWAY 46
• KEEP A SONG UP ON DE WAY 169
• KIDNAPED 255
• KING IS DEAD, THE 105
• KNIGHT, THE 108
• LAPSE, THE 122
• LAWYERS' WAYS, THE 22
• LAZY DAY, THE 249
• LESSON, THE 8
• LETTER, A 151
• LIFE 8
• LIFE'S TRAGEDY 225
• LI'L' GAL 207
• LILY OF THE VALLEY, THE 237
• LIMITATIONS 250
• LINCOLN 184
• LITTLE BROWN BABY 134
• LITTLE CHRISTMAS BASKET, A 174
• LITTLE LUCY LANDMAN 107
• LIZA MAY 267
• LONESOME 79
• LONG AGO 192
• 'LONG TO'DS NIGHT 187
• LONGING 21
• LOOKING-GLASS, THE 206
• LOST DREAM, A 270
• LOVE 103
• LOVE AND GRIEF 102
• LOVE DESPOILED 122
• LOVE LETTER, A 266
• LOVE-SONG 210
• LOVE SONG, A 222
• LOVER AND THE MOON, THE 29
• LOVER'S LANE 132
• LOVE'S APOTHEOSIS 89
• LOVE'S CASTLE 201
• LOVE'S DRAFT 252
• LOVE'S HUMILITY 106
• LOVE'S PHASES 117
• LOVE'S PICTURES 282
• LOVE'S SEASONS 215
• LULLABY 144
• LYRIC, A 288
• MADRIGAL, A 287
• MARE RUBRUM 110
• MASTER-PLAYER THE 17
• MASTERS, THE 258
• MEADOW LARK, THE 71
• MELANCHOLIA 54
• MEMORY OF MARTHA, THE 194
• MERRY AUTUMN 56
• MISTY DAY, A 207
• MISAPPREHENSION 117
• MONK'S WALK, THE 209
• MORNING 252
• MORNING SONG OF LOVE 202
• MORTALITY 103
• MY CORN-COB PIPE 129
• MY LADY OF CASTLE GRAND 180
• MY LITTLE MARCH GIRL 120
• MY SORT O' MAN 140
• MY SWEET BROWN GAL 176
• MYSTERY, THE 17
• MYSTIC SEA, THE 91
• MURDERED LOVER, THE 211
• MUSICAL, A 253
• NATURE AND ART 52
• NEGRO LOVE SONG, A 49
• NEWS, THE 136
• NIGHT 263
• NIGHT, DIM NIGHT 227
• NIGHT OF LOVE 46
• NODDIN' BY DE FIRE 201
• NOON 226
• NORA: A SERENADE 62
• NOT THEY WHO SOAR 18
• NUTTING SONG 282
• OCTOBER 63
• ODE FOR MEMORIAL DAY 22
• ODE TO ETHIOPIA 15
• OLD APPLE-TREE, THE 10
• OLD CABIN, THE 260
• OLD FRONT GATE, THE 199
• OLD HOMESTEAD, THE 283
• OLD MEMORY, AN 284
• OL' TUNES, THE 53
• ON A CLEAN BOOK 203
• ON THE DEATH OF W. C. 284
• ON THE DEDICATION OF DOROTHY HALL 214
• ON THE RIVER 285
• ON THE ROAD 142
• ON THE SEA WALL 115
• ONE LIFE 72
• OPPORTUNITY 242
• OVER THE HILLS 90
• PARADOX, THE 89
• PARTED 240
• PARTED 145
• PARTY, THE 83
• PASSION AND LOVE 11
• PATH, THE 21
• PHANTOM KISS, THE 109
• PHILOSOPHY 212
• PHOTOGRAPH, THE 144
• PHYLLIS 74
• PLACE WHERE THE RAINBOW ENDS, THE 246
• PLANTATION CHILD'S LULLABY, THE 241
• PLANTATION PORTRAIT, A 173
• PLANTATION MELODY, A 193
• PLEA, A 167
• POET AND HIS SONG, THE 4
• POET AND THE BABY, THE 114
• POET, THE 191
• POOL, THE 198
• POOR WITHERED ROSE 286
• POSSESSION 198
• POSSUM 141
• POSSUM TROT 147
• PRAYER, A 14
• PRECEDENT 106
• PREFERENCE A 213
• PREMONITION 23
• PREPARATION 67
• PROMETHEUS 117
• PROMISE 12
• PROTEST 133
• PUTTIN' THE BABY AWAY 243
• QUILTING, THE 240
• RAIN-SONGS 270
• REAL QUESTION, THE 135
• RELIGION 38
• RELUCTANCE 203
• REMEMBERED 121
• RESIGNATION 106
• RESPONSE 175
• RETORT 5
• RETROSPECTION 24
• RIDING TO TOWN 70
• RIGHT TO DIE, THE 94
• RIGHT'S SECURITY 75
• RISING OF THE STORM, THE 8
• RIVALS, THE 27
• RIVER OF RUIN, THE 265
• ROADWAY, A 214
• ROBERT GOULD SHAW 221
• ROSES 221
• ROSES AND PEARLS 270
• SAILOR'S SONG, A 92
• SAND-MAN, THE 235
• SCAMP 239
• SECRET, THE 68
• SEEDLING, THE 12
• SHE GAVE ME A ROSE 103
• SHE TOLD HER BEADS 106
• SHIPS THAT PASS IN THE NIGHT 64
• SIGNS OF THE TIMES 77
• SILENCE 186
• SLOW THROUGH THE DARK 211
• SNOWIN' 168
• SOLILOQUY OF A TURKEY 171
• SONG 13
• SONG 178
• SONG, A 248
• SONG, A 271
• SONG OF SUMMER 26
• SONG, THE 76
• SONNET 115
• SPARROW, THE 78
• SPEAKIN' AT DE' COU'THOUSE 205
• SPEAKIN' O' CHRISTMAS 78
• SPELLIN'-BEE, THE 42
• SPIRITUAL, A 194
• SPRING FEVER 176
• SPRING SONG 26
• SPRING WOOING, A 164
• STARRY NIGHT, A 288
• SUMMER NIGHT, A 262
• STIRRUP CUP, THE 125
• SUMMER PASTORAL, A 279
• SUMMER'S NIGHT, A 64
• SUM, THE 114
• SUNSET 9
• SUPPOSE 258
• SYMPATHY 102
• TEMPTATION 146
• THANKSGIVING POEM, A 281
• THEN AND NOW 129
• THEOLOGY 106
• THOU ART MY LUTE 109
• TILL THE WIND GETS RIGHT 262
• TIME TO TINKER 'ROUN'! 135
• TO A CAPTIOUS CRITIC 189
• TO A LADY PLAYING THE HARP 116
• TO A DEAD FRIEND 216
• TO A VIOLET FOUND ON ALL SAINTS' DAY 179
• TO AN INGRATE 223
• TO DAN 248
• TO E. H. K. 97
• TO HER 266
• TO J. Q. 238
• TO LOUISE 26
• TO PFRIMMER 277
• TO THE EASTERN SHORE 202
• TO THE MEMORY OF MARY YOUNG 81
• TO THE MIAMI 277
• TO THE ROAD 163
• TO THE SOUTH 216
• TROUBLE IN DE KITCHEN 268
• TRYST, THE 166
• TURNING OF THE BABIES IN THE BED, THE 170
• 'TWELL DE NIGHT IS PAS' 253
• TWILIGHT 241
• TWO LITTLE BOOTS 163
• TWO SONGS 19
• UNEXPRESSED 25
• UNLUCKY APPLE, THE 251
• UNSUNG HEROES, THE 196
• VAGRANTS 119
• VALSE, THE 175
• VENGEANCE IS SWEET 98
• VETERAN, THE 256
• VOICE OF THE BANJO, THE 124
• VISITOR, THE 177
• WADING' IN DE CREEK 239
• WAITING 100
• WARM DAY IN WINTER, A 168
• WE WEAR THE MASK 71
• WARRIOR'S PRAYER, THE 123
• WELTSCHMERTZ 220
• W'EN I GITS HOME 195
• WHAT'S THE USE 249
• WHEN A FELLER'S ITCHIN' TO BE SPANKED 264
• WHEN ALL IS DONE 113
• WHEN DE CO'N PONE'S HOT 57
• WHEN DEY 'LISTED COLORED SOLDIERS 182
• WHEN MALINDY SINGS 82
• WHEN SAM'L SINGS 208
• WHEN THE OLD MAN SMOKES 95
• WHEN WINTER DARKENING ALL AROUND 275
• WHIP-POOR-WILL AND KATY-DID 186
• WHISTLING SAM 156
• WHITTIER 18
• WHY FADES A DREAM? 77
• WIND AND THE SEA, THE 69
• WINTER-SONG 236
• WINTER'S APPROACH 256
• WINTER'S DAY, A 120
• WITH THE LARK 90
• WOOING, THE 55
• WORN OUT 286
• WRAITH, THE 186
• YESTERDAY AND TO-MORROW 257
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