DE dog go howlin' 'long de road, <br />De night come shiverin' down; <br />My back is tiahed of its load, <br />I cain't be fu' f'om town. <br />No mattah ef de way is long, <br />My haht is swellin' wid a song, <br />No mattah 'bout de frownin' skies, <br />I'll soon be home to see my Lize. <br />My shadder staggah on de way, <br />It's monstous col' to-night; <br />But I kin hyeah my honey say <br />'W'y bless me if de sight <br />O' you ain't good fu' my so' eyes.' <br />(Dat talk's dis lak my lady Lize) <br />I's so'y case de way was long <br />But Lawd you bring me love an' song. <br />No mattah ef de way is long, <br />An' ef I trimbles so' <br />I knows de fiah's burnin' strong, <br />Behime my Lizy's do'. <br />An' daih my res' an' joy shell be, <br />Whaih my ol' wife's awaitin' me — <br />Why what I keer fu' stingin' blas', <br />I see huh windah light at las'.<br /><br />Paul Laurence Dunbar<br /><br />http://www.poemhunter.com/poem/hope-400/
