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Invitation to Love

Paul Laurence Dunbar

The poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar on the topic of love. Also includes some biographical information on Dunbar.

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“You are sweet, O Love, dear Love,
You are soft as the nesting dove.
Come to my heart and bring it rest
As the bird flies home to its welcome nest.”

Paul Laurence Dunbar Invitation to Love

Invitation to Love, in the 1913 collection of his work, The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar.

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