by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 - 1966)
My little dreams
Language: English
I'm folding up my little dreams Within my heart to-night, And praying I may soon forget The torture of their sight. For Time's deft fingers scroll my brow With fell relentless art -- I'm folding up my little dreams To-night, within my heart!
Text Authorship:
- by Georgia Douglas Johnson (1880 - 1966), from The Book of American Negro Poetry, first published 1922 [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 Gary Bachlund (b. 1947), "My little dreams", 2007, from Four Songs of a Woman, no. 4 [ sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-02-11
Line count: 8
Word count: 42