Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A COMPANION'S PROGRESS, by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR Poet's Biography First Line: My stock has gone down and my tailor has sent Last Line: That my meerschaum is colouring well. | ||||||||
My stock has gone down and my tailor has sent To request that I settle my bill; My landlady asks with a frown for her rent, And there isn't a cent in the till. The governor storms and my mother's in tears; There's a coldness betwixt me and Nell, But I'm utterly dead to regrets and to fears, For my meerschaum is colouring well. At first I had fears of what looked like a crack, And my breath came in gasps of alarm, But oh, how the joy of my heart flooded back When I found that 'twas nothing to harm. And so ever since I have nursed it with care, With thrills that my heart cannot quell, And I've bored all my friends to relate the affair That my meerschaum is colouring well. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A BOY'S SUMMER SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A CHRISTMAS FOLKSONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A CORN SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A DEATH SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A HYMN; AFTER READING 'LEAD, KINDLY LIGHT' by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LITTLE CHRISTMAS BASKET by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LOVE LETTER by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A LOVE SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A MUSICAL by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR A NEGRO LOVE SONG by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR |
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