Common Things
Paul Laurence Dunbar
1872 to 1906
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The role heroic carry finely.
With high and lofty inspiration;
The hollyhock, the bumblebee,
The nightingale is sweet of song;
And El Doradoes in their glory;
But he who sings of common things
Our minds have got a way of running
We like the man who soars and sings
To things that aren't quite so grand,
I like to hear of wealth and gold,
The meadow lark, and chirping sparrow.
Which, maybe, we are best in shunning.
The rare exotic smells divinely;
But then, upon the other hand,
To sweep and rustle through a story.
Shall always share our admiration.
I like for silks and satins bold
And knightly men who stride along,
The poor man in his dwelling narrow,
For some of us still like to see