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MISAPPREHENSION by PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR

First Line: OUT OF MY HEART, ONE DAY, I WROTE A SONG
Last Line: "BUT WHERE'S THE JOKE?"
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?"



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