by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Youth
Language: English
We have tomorrow Bright before us Like a flame. Yesterday A night-gone thing, A sun-down name. And dawn-today Broad arch above the road we came. We march!
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967) [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 Daniel Gilliam (b. 1978), "Youth", 2006 [ high voice and piano ], from Langston Hughes Songs, no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2007-05-09
Line count: 10
Word count: 27