by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
To the dark Mercedes of El Palacio de...
Language: English
Mercedes is a jungle-lily in a death house. Mercedes is a dommed star. Mercedes is a charnel rose. Go where gold Will fall at the feet of your beauty, Mercedes. Go where they will pay you well For your loveliness.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "To the dark Mercedes of 'El Palacio de Amor'", 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), "To the dark Mercedes of El Palacio de Amor", published 1971 [ voice and piano ], from Shadows in the Sun: Eleven Poems by Langston Hughes, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2021-01-21
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