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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE SAND-MAN, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poet's Biography
First Line: I know a man
Last Line: We know the sand-man's come.
Subject(s): African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks
First Line: I know a man
Last Line: We know the sand-man's come.
Subject(s): African Americans; Negroes; American Blacks
I KNOW a man
With face of tan,
But who is ever kind;
Whom girls and boys
Leaves games and toys
Each eventide to find.
When day grows dim,
They watch for him,
He comes to place his claim;
He wears the crown
Of Dreaming-town;
The sand-man is his name.
When sparkling eyes
Troop sleepywise
And busy lips grow dumb;
When little heads
Nod toward the beds,
We know the sand-man's come.
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