Paul Laurence Dunbar (June 27, 1872 – February 9, 1906) was an African-American poet, novelist, and playwright of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Much of his popular work in his lifetime used a Negro dialect, which helped him become one of the first nationally-accepted African-American writers. Much of his writing, however, does not use dialect; these more traditional poems have become of greater interest to scholars.
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“We wear the mask that grins and lies,”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
“Is there no hope for me? Is there no way
That I may sight and check that speeding bark
Which out of sight and sound is passing, passing?”
—Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906)
“London, thou art of townes A per se.
Soveraign of cities, semeliest in sight,
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London, thou art the flour of Cities all”
—William Dunbar (c. 1465–c. 1530)