| James Weldon Johnson, ed. (1871–1938). The Book of American Negro Poetry. 1922. |
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| Sprin’ Fevah |
| | | Ray G. Dandridge |
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| DAR’S a lazy, sortah hazy | |
| Feelin’ grips me, thoo an’ thoo; | |
| An’ I feels lak doin’ less dan enythin’; | |
| Dough de saw is sharp an’ greasy, | |
| Dough de task et han’ is easy, | 5 |
| An’ de day am fair an’ breezy, | |
| Dar’s a thief dat steals embition in de win’. | |
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| Kaint defy it, kaint deny it, | |
| Kaze it jes won’t be denied; | |
| Its a mos’ pursistin’ stubbern sortah thin’; | 10 |
| Anti Tox’ doan neutrolize it; | |
| Doctahs fail to analyze it; | |
| So I yiel’s (dough I despise it) | |
| To dat res’less, wretchit fevah evah Sprin’. | |
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