Paul Laurence Dunbar,
The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar…
(1913)
“ Had I the sweetness of warblers in June; The strength and the sweetness might charm and persuade, But neither have I my petition to aid. How shall I woo thee to win thee, mine own? How shall I traverse the distance between My humble cot and your glorious throne? How shall a clown gain the ear of a queen? ”
