Paul Laurence Dunbar

“ An' made lots o' people diffah
Is jes' whut dat pu'pose is.
Now, accordin' to my reas'nin',
Hyeah's de p'int whaih I 's arriv,
Sence de Lawd put life into us,
We was put hyeah fu' to live!
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”