by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
I would liken you
Language: English
I would liken you To a night without stars Were it not for your eyes. I would liken you To a sleep without dreams Were it not for your songs.
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Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Quiet girl", appears in The Dream Keeper and Other Poems, first published 1932 [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 Conrad De Jong (b. 1934), "Quiet girl", published 1966 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Four Choruses after Langston Hughes [sung text not yet checked]
- by Lowell Liebermann (b. 1961), "Ardella", op. 53 no. 1 (1996) [ voice and piano ], from Three Dream Songs, no. 1 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Florence Beatrice Price (1887 - 1953), "Ardella" [ voice and piano ], from Four Songs from The Weary Blues, no. 3 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2008-08-27
Line count: 6
Word count: 30