Against the day of sorrow [ ... ]
Evening Songs
Song Cycle by Trevor Weston (b. 1967)
text by African American Poets from Charleston, SC
1. Trifle  [sung text checked 1 time]
Language: English
Authorship:
- by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 - 1966), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.2. Sleep Serenade  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Sleep, love sleep, The night winds sigh, In soft lullaby. The Lark is at rest With the dew on her breast. So close those dear eyes, That borrowed their hue From the heavens so blue, Sleep, love sleep. Sleep, love sleep, The pale moon looks down On the valleys around, The Glow Moth is flying, The South wind is sighing, And I am low lying, With lute deftly strung, To pour out my song, Sleep, love sleep
Authorship:
- by Mary Weston Fordham (c1845 - 1905)
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Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Trevor Weston3. Tenebris  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
There is a tree, by day, That, at night, Has a shadow, A hand huge and black, With fingers long and black. All through the dark, Against the white man's house, In the little wind, The black hand plucks and plucks At the bricks. The bricks are the color of blood and very small. Is it a black hand, Or is it a shadow?
Authorship:
- by Angelina Weld Grimké (1880 - 1958)
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Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Trevor Weston4. Common Dust  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
And who shall separate the dust What later we shall be: Whose keen discerning eye will scan And solve the mystery? The high, the low, the rich, the poor, The black, the white, the red, And all the chromatic between, Of whom shall it be said: Here lies the dust of Africa; Here are the sons of Rome; Here lies the one unlabeled, The world at large his home! Can one then separate the dust? Will mankind lie apart, When life has settled back again The same as from the start?
Authorship:
- by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 - 1966)
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Research team for this page: Malcolm Wren [Guest Editor] , Trevor Weston5. Seed of Peace  [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
O Seed of Peace [ ... ]
Authorship:
- by Hermine Stanyard (b. 1928), copyright ©
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This text may be copyright, so we will not display it until we obtain permission to do so or discover it is public-domain.Total word count: 316