Paul Laurence Dunbar

“ Wait ontwell de blessin' 's said;
"Lawd, have mussy on ouah souls--"
(Don' you daih to tech dem rolls--)
"Bless de food we gwine to eat--"
(You set still --I see yo' feet;
You jes' try dat trick agin!)
"Gin us peace an' joy. Amen!"
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”