by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Love song for Lucinda
Language: English
Love Is a ripe plum Growing on a purple tree. Taste it once And the spell of its enchantment Will never let you be. Love Is a bright star Glowing in far Southern skies. Look too hard And its burning flame Will always hurt your eyes. Love Is a high mountain Stark in a windy sky. If you Would never lose your breath Do not climb too high.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Love song For Lucinda" [author's text checked 1 time 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 Robert G. Patterson (b. 1957), "Love song for Lucinda", 2012 [ baritone and piano ], from American Pierrot: A Langston Hughes Songbook, no. 3, Great River Music, GRM-01037 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2015-08-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 68