Common Things
Paul Laurence Dunbar
1872 to 1906
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I like to hear of wealth and gold,
And ______ Doradoes in their glory;
I like for silks and ______ bold
To sweep and rustle through a story.
The ______ is sweet of song;
The rare exotic smells divinely;
______ knightly men who stride along,
The role heroic carry finely.
But then, upon the other hand,
Our minds have ______ a way of running
To things that aren't quite ______ grand,
Which, maybe, we are best in shunning.
For ______ of us still like to see
The poor man ______ his dwelling narrow,
The hollyhock, the bumblebee,
The meadow lark, and chirping sparrow.
We like the man who soars ______ sings
With high and lofty inspiration;
But he who ______ of common things
Shall always share our admiration.