An angel, robed in spotless white, Bent down and kissed the sleeping Night. Night woke to blush; the sprite was gone. [Men]1 saw the blush and called it Dawn.
A Set of Three Dunbar
Song Cycle by Betty Jackson King (1928 - 1994)
1. Dawn  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Dawn", appears in Majors and Minors, first published 1895
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View original text (without footnotes)1 Hall: "Man"
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2. Theology  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
There is a heaven, for ever, day by day, The upward longing of my soul doth tell me so. There is a hell, I'm quite sure; for pray, If there were not, where would my neighbours go?
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Theology"
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. Compensation  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Because I had loved so deeply, Because I had loved so long, God in His great compassion Gave me the gift of song. Because I have loved so vainly, And sung with such faltering [breath]1, The Master in infinite mercy Offers the boon of Death.
Text Authorship:
- by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872 - 1906), "Compensation", appears in Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow, first published 1905
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View original text (without footnotes)Confirmed with The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar, New York: Dodd, Mead, and Company.
1 Price: "trill"Research team for this page: Emily Ezust [Administrator] , Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
Total word count: 114