A LAZY DAY
THE trees bend down along the stream, Where anchored swings my tiny boat. The day is one to drowse and dream And list the thrush's throttling note. When music from his bosom bleeds Among the river's rustling reeds.
Lyrics of sunshine and shadow / by Paul Laurence Dunbar [electronic text]
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- Lyrics of sunshine and shadow / by Paul Laurence Dunbar [electronic text]
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- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906.
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- New York: Dodd, Mead & Company
- 1905
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"Lyrics of sunshine and shadow / by Paul Laurence Dunbar [electronic text]." In the digital collection American Verse Project. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/BAC5672.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 17, 2025.
Pages
Page 44
No ripple stirs the placid pool, When my adventurous line is cast, A truce to sport, while clear and cool, The mirrored clouds slide softly past. The sky gives back a blue divine, And all the world's wide wealth is mine.
A pickerel leaps, a bow of light, The minnows shine from side to side. The first faint breeze comes up the tide — I pause with half uplifted oar, While night drifts down to claim the shore.