Poem: “Misapprehension” by Paul Laurence Dunbar

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Misapprehension

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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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