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.
Four Choruses after Langston Hughes
Song Cycle by Conrad De Jong (b. 1934)
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Dreams", appears in The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, first published 1932
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Bring me all of your dreams, You dreamer, Bring me all your Heart melodies That I may wrap them In a blue cloud-cloth Away from the too-rough fingers Of the world.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "The Dream Keeper", appears in The Weary Blues, first published 1926
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I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams Were it not for your songs.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Quiet girl", appears in The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, first published 1932
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This little house is sugar. Its roof with snow is piled, And from its tiny window Peeps a maple-sugar child.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Winter sweetness", appears in The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, first published 1932
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