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The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/To A Captious Critic

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190211The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar — To A Captious CriticPaul Laurence Dunbar

TO A CAPTIOUS CRITIC

Dear critic, who my lightness so deplores,
Would I might study to be prince of bores,
Right wisely would I rule that dull estate—
But, sir, I may not, till you abdicate.

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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