Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow 1905 is a collection of poems by African American author Paul Laurence Dunbar. Published while Dunbar was suffering from tuberculosis alcoholism and depression Lyrics of Sunshine and Shadow builds on his reputation as an artist with a powerful vision of faith and perseverance who sought to capture and examine the diversity of the African American experience. In The Place Where the Rainbow Ends Dunbar perhaps reflecting on his proximity to death provides a simple song with a cautionary utopian vision of hope and happiness Oh many have sought it And all would have bought it With the blood we so recklessly spend But none has uncovered The gold nor discovered The spot at the rainbows end.