by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Comment on War
Language: English
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.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 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 (1923 - 2022), "Comment on War", 1997, published 1999, from Evidence of Things Not Seen, no. 19 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2004-08-04
Line count: 9
Word count: 45