Dwight Fairfield, "A Modern Othello" (1902)
Of tales as thrilling and as true,
A pretty Desdemona
He needs but then to tell them to,
To be a happy owner.
Of that same swarthy tint and hue,
Of tales as thrilling and as true,
I am the happy owner;
But I care not to tell them to
A pretty Desdemona;
Some colored maid will do.
Published in Colored American Magazine, December 1902