by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Sick room
Language: English
How quiet It is in this sick room Where on the bed A silent woman lies between two lovers -- Life and Death, And all three covered with a sheet of pain.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Sick room", appears in The Weary Blues, first published 1926 [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 Sam Raphling (b. 1910), "Sick room", published 1971 [ voice and piano ], from Shadows in the Sun: Eleven Poems by Langston Hughes, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2021-01-22
Line count: 6
Word count: 31