by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Winter sweetness
Language: English
This little house is sugar. Its roof with snow is piled, And from its tiny window Peeps a maple-sugar child.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Winter sweetness", 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), "Winter sweetness", published 1966 [ SSA chorus a cappella ], from Four Choruses after Langston Hughes [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-28
Line count: 4
Word count: 20