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.