by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)
We have tomorrow
Language: English
We have tomorrow, Bright before us Like a flame Yesterday, a night-gone thing A sundown name And dawn today Broad arch above the road we came, We march!1
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Youth", copyright status unknown [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953), "We have Tomorrow" [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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