by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967)

Lovely, dark, and lonely one
 (Sung text for setting by H. Burleigh)
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Language: English 
Lovely, dark, and lonely one,
Bare your bosom to the sun.
Do not be afraid of light,
You who are a child of night.

Open wide your arms to life,
Whirl in the wind of pain and strife,
Face the wall with the dark closed gate,
Beat with bare, brown fists--
And wait.

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Composition:

    Set to music by Harry Thacker Burleigh (1866 - 1949), "Lovely, dark, and lonely one", published 1935 [ voice and piano ]

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This text was added to the website: 2010-11-02
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Word count: 53