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1872–1906

A MUSICAL

Paul Laurence Dunbar

Outside the rain upon the street, The sky all grim of hue, Inside, the music-painful sweet, And yet I heard but you.

As is a thrilling violin, So is your voice to me, And still above the other strains, It sang in ecstasy.

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