Virginia: A Tragedy, and Other Poems

By Gilmore Marion Forster

"Virginia: A Tragedy, and Other Poems" is a collection of poems by American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar. The titular poem tells the tragic story of Virginia, a slave forced to choose between staying with her lover or being sold by her owner. Other poems in the collection explore themes of love, loss, and the struggles of African Americans in the late 19th century.