One of the best-known volumes by a fascinating and complex writer, the first important black poet in the American canon. Popular in the early twentieth century Dunbar is today the subject of revived interest. One of the best-known volumes by a fascinating and complex writer, the first important black poet in the American canon.
Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar · Original publisher: Dodd, Mead and Company (New York, 1896)
Tier 1 — Full text hosted on this page. Public domain: first published 1896; full text freely available at Dunbar Digital Collection, Wright State University. The full text is held in fulltexts/ as `3890-lyrics-of-lowly-life.txt` (see fulltexts/INDEX.md).
