Fenton Johnson, "Dunbar" (1913)
I
Bring me southern cypress,
Bring me weeping willow,
Let me mourn for Dunbar —
Bard of happiness.
II
Never shall a singing,
Of old passions clinging,
Come forth as from Dunbar —
Bard of grief and woe.
III
Joys of mirth and sorrow
Have been sung in accents
From the soul of Dunbar —
Bard of everything.