Hold fast to dreams For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow.
Langston Dreams
by Rosephanye Powell (b. 1962)
1. Hold Fast to Dreams [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Dreams", appears in The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, first published 1932
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Language: English
To sit and dream... all you who are dreamers, too. Help me make our world anew. I reach out my hands to you.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. I Dream a World [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
I dream a world where man No other man will scorn, Where love will bless the earth And peace its paths adorn I dream a world where all Will know sweet freedom's way, Where greed no longer saps the soul Nor avarice blights our day. A world I dream where black or white, Whatever race you be, Will share the bounties of the earth And every man is free, Where wretchedness will hang its head And joy, like a pearl, Attends the needs of all mankind- Of such I dream, my world!
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "I dream a world"
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