Classic and Contemporary Poetry
RELUCTANCE, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poet's Biography First Line: Will I have some mo' dat pie Last Line: Dah you been daihin' me. Subject(s): Love - Unrequited | ||||||||
WILL I have some mo' dat pie? No, ma'am, thank-ee, dat is -- I -- Bettah quit daihin' me. Dat ah pie look sutny good: How 'd you feel now ef I would? I don' reckon dat I should; Bettah quit daihin' me. Look hyeah, I gwine tell de truf, Mine is sholy one sweet toof: Bettah quit daihin' me. Yass'm, yass'm, dat 's all right, I 's done tried to be perlite: But dat pie 's a lakly sight, Wha's de use o' daihin' me? My, yo' lips is full an' red, Don't I wish you 'd tu'n yo' haid? Bettah quit daihin' me. Dat ain't faih, now, honey chile, I 's gwine lose my sense erwhile Ef you des set daih an' smile, Bettah quit daihin' me. Nuffin' don' look ha'f so fine Ez dem teef, deah, w'en dey shine: Bettah quit daihin' me. Now look hyeah, I tells you dis; I'll give up all othah bliss Des to have one little kiss, Bettah quit daihin' me. Laws, I teks yo' little han', Ain't it tendah? bless de lan' -- Bettah quit daihin' me. I's so lonesome by myse'f, 'D ain't no fun in livin' lef'; Dis hyeah life 's ez dull ez def: Bettah quit daihin' me. Why n't you tek yo' han' erway? Yass, I'll hol' it: but I say Bettah quit daihin' me. Holin' han's is sholy fine. Seems lak dat 's de weddin' sign. Wish you 'd say dat you 'd be mine; -- Dah you been daihin' me. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONNET by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON TUTTO E SCIOLTO by JAMES JOYCE APPULDURCOMBE PARK by AMY LOWELL TALE OF THE MAYOR'S SON by GLYN MAXWELL ELEGY FOR AN ENEMY by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET ESSAY ON WHAT I THINK ABOUT MOST by ANNE CARSON A BANJO SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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