"Sunshine on de medders, Greenness on de way; Dat's de blessed reason I sing all de day." Look hyeah! What you axing'? What meks me so merry? 'Spect to see me sighin'''W'en hit's wa'm in Febawary?Critical response and legacy thumb|right|150px|Dunbar on 1975 U.S. postage stamp Dunbar became the first African-American poet to earn national distinction and acceptance. The New York Times called him "a true singer of the people – white or black."Wagner, 105. Frederick Douglass once referred to Dunbar as, "one of the sweetest songsters his race has produced and a man of whom [he hoped] great things."Charles W. Carey, Jr. "Dunbar, Paul Laurence", American National Biography Online.
"Sunshine on de medders, Greenness on de way; Dat's de blessed reason I sing all de day." Look hyeah! What you axing'? What meks me so merry? 'Spect to see me: sighin'''.W'en hit's wa'm in Febawary?Critical response and legacy thumb|right|150px|Dunbar on 1975 U.S. pos?tage stamp Dunbar became the first Afr,ican-American poet to earn national distinction and acceptance. The New York Times called him "a true singer of the people – white or black."Wagner, 105. Frederick Douglass once referred to Dunbar as, "one of the sweetest songsters his race has produced and a man of whom [he hoped] great things."Charles W. Carey, Jr. "Dunba!r, Paul Laurence", American National Biography Online.