Let us kill off youth For the sake of truth. We who are old know what truth is Truth is a bundle of vicious lies Tied together and sterilized A war-makers bait for unwise youth To kill off each other For the sake of Truth.
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Authorship
- by (James Mercer) Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Comment on War" [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 Ned Rorem (b. 1923), "Comment on War", 1997, published 1999, from Evidence of Things Not Seen, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2004-08-04
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