Listen! Dear dream of utter aliveness -- Touching my body of utter death -- Tell me, O quickly! dream of aliveness, The flaming source of your bright breath. Tell me, O dream of utter aliveness -- Knowing so well the wind and the sun -- Where is this light Your eyes see forever And what is this wind You touch when you run?
Three Songs on Poems of Langston Hughes
Song Cycle by Henry Dixon Cowell (1897 - 1965)
1. Demand
Language: English
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- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]2. Moonlight Night: Carmel
Language: English
Tonight the waves march In long ranks Cutting the darkness With their silver shanks, Cutting the darkness And kissing the moon And beating the land's Edge into a swoon.
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- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]3. Fulfillment
Language: English
The earth-meaning Like the sky-meaning Was fulfilled. We got up And went to the river, Touched silver water, Laughed and bathed In the sunshine. Day Became a bright ball of light For us to play with, Sunset A yellow curtain, Night A velvet screen. The moon, Like an old grandmother, Blessed us with a kiss And sleep Took us both in Laughing.
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- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Fulfillment"
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