This, this indeed is to be accursed, For if we mortals love, or if we sing, We count our joys not by what we have, But by what kept us from that perfect thing.
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About Paul Laurence Dunbar
Paul Laurence Dunbar was a 19th-century American african-american writer. Paul Laurence Dunbar was an American poet, novelist, and short story writer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Born in Dayton, Ohio to parents who had been enslaved in Kentucky before the American Civil War, Dunbar began writing stories and verse when he was a child. Read more on Wikipedia →
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- Poetry — The art of language, rhythm, and emotional expression