The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Misapprehension
MISAPPREHENSION
Out of my heart, one day, I wrote a song,
With my heart's blood imbued,
Instinct with passion, tremulously strong,
With grief subdued;
Breathing a fortitude
Pain-bought.
And one who claimed much love for what I wrought,
Read and considered it,
And spoke:
"Ay, brother,—'t is well writ,
But where's the joke?"
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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