{"product_id":"lyrics-of-a-lowly-life-paperback","title":"Lyrics of a Lowly Life - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaul Laurence Dunbar\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMint Editions\u003c\/b\u003e (Contribution by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eLyrics of Lowly Life\u003c\/i\u003e (1896) is a collection of poems by African American author Paul Laurence Dunbar. Published while Dunbar was at a turning point in his career as one of the nation's leading black poets, \u003ci\u003eLyrics of Lowly Life\u003c\/i\u003e combined his hugely successful volumes \u003ci\u003eOak and Ivy\u003c\/i\u003e (1892) and \u003ci\u003eMajors and Minors\u003c\/i\u003e (1896), establishing his reputation as an artist with a powerful vision of faith and perseverance who sought to capture and examine the diversity of the African American experience. In \"The Poet and His Song,\" Dunbar compares the art of poetry to tilling the soil, a slow and painstaking process requiring full commitment, body and soul, to the task at hand: \"My days are never days of ease; \/ I till my ground and prune my trees. \/ When ripened gold is all the plain, \/ I put my sickle to the grain. \/ I labor hard, and toil and sweat, \/ While others dream within the dell; \/ But even while my brow is wet, \/ I sing my song, and all is well.\" For Dunbar, the reward is the song itself, both an act of labor and a celebration of life, emphasizing the role of the poet as not just a dreamer, but a doer. Throughout this collection, Dunbar explores the role of the poet in society, grounding each poem within his identity as a black man in America. In \"Frederick Douglass,\" an elegy written for the occasion of the great man's passing, Dunbar makes clear the consequences of pride and defiance in a nation built by slaves: \"He dared the lightning in the lightning's track, \/ And answered thunder with his thunder back.\" With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset manuscript, this edition of Paul Laurence Dunbar's \u003ci\u003eLyrics of Lowly Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a classic of African American literature reimagined for modern readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"I labor hard, and toil and sweat, \/ While others dream within the dell; \/ But even while my brow is wet, \/ I sing my song, and all is well.\" While many associate poetry with dreaming, Dunbar seeks to emphasize the hard work and worldliness necessary to write. \u003ci\u003eLyrics of Lowly Life\u003c\/i\u003e is a poetry collection by Paul Laurence Dunbar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.36 x 8 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 11, 2021\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52728607539507,"sku":"9781513295428","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/bVkweEdVaEJtTzRiNm82UFk4S0xYQT09.webp?v=1763787602","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/lyrics-of-a-lowly-life-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}