Search thou my heart;

Ovahseah lak his whiskey,But dat othah drink is mine,Des’ ‘lasses an’ watah, ‘lasses an’ watah.Wen you git a steamin’ hoe-cakeOn de table, go way, man!‘D ain but one t’ing to go wid it,‘Sides de gravy in de pan,Dat ‘s ‘lasses an’ watah, ‘lasses an’ watah.W’en hit ‘s ‘possum dat you eatin’,‘Simmon beer is moughty sweet;But…

Cose you ‘ll t’ink dat ‘s mighty funny ‘twell I try to mek hit cleah,Fu’ a da’ky ‘s allus happy when de holidays is neah.But we wasn’t, fu’ dat mo’nin’ Mastah ‘d tol’ us we mus’ go,He ‘d been payin’ us sence freedom, but he couldn’t pay no mo’;’He wa’n’t nevah used to plannin’ ‘fo’…

But it’s moughty ha’d a-waitin’W’ere de night goes frownin’ on;An’ it’s moughty ha’d a-hopin’W’en de clouds is big an’ black,An’ all de t’ings you ‘s waited fu’Has failed, er gone to wrack–But des’ keep on a-joggin’ wid a little bit o’ song,De mo’n is allus brightah w’en de night’s been long.Dey ‘s lots o’ knocks…

Fu’ to scramble to de kiver,Lak dey’d hyeahed de trumpet soun’.But dese people day all missesWhut I mos’ly does desiah;Dat’s de settin’ roun’ an’ dozin’,An’ a-noddin’ by de fiah.When you’s tiahed out a-hoein’,Er a-followin’ de plough,Whut’s de use of des a-fallin’On yo’ pallet lak a cow?W’y, de fun is all in waitin’In de face of…

Grief, wandering widely, found the key,And hastened with it, straightway, back to me,With Love beside him. He unlocked the doorAnd bade Love enter with him there and stay.And so the twain abide for evermore.

And the water into ripples breaks and sparkles as it spreads,Like a host of armored knights with silver helmets on their heads.And I deem the stream an emblem fit of human life may go,For I find a mind may sparkle much and yet but shallows show,And a soul may glow with myriad lights and wondrous…