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A MATTER OF LOCALITY by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

Poem Explanation

First Line: IF I LIVED IN SIGHT OF THE LAKE
Last Line: AND SOME MORE FOR THE ONES THEY ARE TELLING.
If I lived in sight of the lake
I should make
A poem most exquisite, tender
Of its bosom at sunlight, its bosom in cloud
Of the gold of its eventide splendor.

If I lived in sound of the lake,
I should break
The heads of the fishermen yelling;
With a whack for the lies they are dying to tell
And some more for the ones they are telling.



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