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Paul Laurence Dunbar - A Career
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"Break me my bounds, and let me fly
  To regions vast of boundless sky;
  Nor I, like piteous Daphne, be
  Root-bound. Ah, no! I would be free
  As yon same bird that in its flight
  Outstrips the range of mortal sight;
  Free as the mountain streams that gush
  From bubbling springs, and downward rush
  Across the serrate mountain`s side,--
  The rocks o`erwhelmed, their banks defied,--
  And like the passions in the soul,
  Swell into torrents as they roll.
  Oh, circumscribe me not by rules
  That serve to lead the minds of fools!
  But give me pow`r to work my will,
  And at my deeds the world shall thrill.
  My words shall rouse the slumb`ring zest
  That hardly stirs in manhood`s breast;
  And as the sun feeds lesser lights,
  As planets have their satellites,
  So round about me will I bind
  The men who prize a master mind!"

  He lived a silent life alone,
  And laid him down when it was done;
  And at his head was placed a stone
  On which was carved a name unknown!
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