by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Because you are to me a song
Language: English
Because you are to me a song I must not sing you over-long. Because you are to me a prayer I cannot say you everywhere.Because you are to me a rose — You will not stay when summer goes.
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Passing Love" [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 Monica Houghton , "Passing Love", 2016, first performed 2017 [ piano and tenor ], from Six Songs on Poems of Langston Hughes, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Khyle Wooten (b. 1988), "When Summer Goes", 2018 [ baritone and piano ], from A Journey in Love, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2026-02-01
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