Living

The Bohemian

by Paul Laurence Dunbar 1872–1906

Living

Bring me the livery of no other man.
I am my own to robe me at my pleasure.
Accepted rules to me disclose no treasure:
What is the chief who shall my garments plan?
No garb conventional but I 'll attack it.
(Come, why not don my spangled jacket?)

MLA

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “The Bohemian.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/paul-laurence-dunbar/113/.

Chicago

Dunbar, Paul Laurence. “The Bohemian.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/paul-laurence-dunbar/113/.

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