Paul Laurence Dunbar

“ Settin' on de stan'?
No; I'd des' fall down an' break,
Kin' o' glad 't uz fu' huh sake;
But de diffunce, dat whut make
Lookin'-glass an' man.
This work was published before January 1, 1928, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. ”