Title

Life

Performer

Herbert Woodward Martin, University of Dayton

Document Type

Multimedia

Date

1990

Streaming Media

Description

This video excerpt, from the 1990 video “The Eyes of the Poet,” features Herbert Woodward Martin performing the poetry of Paul Laurence Dunbar. Dr. Martin, University of Dayton professor emeritus, is an acclaimed scholar and interpreter of Dunbar’s works.

Run Time

46 sec

Text

A CRUST of bread and a corner to sleep in,
A minute to smile and an hour to weep in,
A pint of joy to a peck of trouble,
And never a laugh but the moans come double;
And that is life!

A crust and a corner that love makes precious,
With a smile to warm and the tears to refresh us;
And joy seems sweeter when cares come after,
And a moan is the finest of foils for laughter;
And that is life!

eCommons Citation

Martin, Herbert Woodward, "Life" (1990). English Faculty Performances. 8.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/eng_fac_perform/8