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Title: Liza May Author: Paul Laurence Dunbar [More Titles by Dunbar] Little brown face full of smiles, Eyes a-peeping thro' the fence Ah, the gate is just ajar, And the road feels very sweet, Ah, you roguish runaway, What care you who smile to greet Soft the mill-race sings its song, But the song is full of guile, You have caught the gleam and glow Flash of ripple, bend of bough, Now a mother's eyes intense Then a mother's anguished face Hear the agonizing call Hear a mother's maddened prayer What's become of--Liza May? Ask the waters dark and fleet, Call her, call her as you will, Through the brush or beaten track Ah, but you were loving--sweet, But through all the coming years, [The end] GO TO TOP OF SCREEN |