by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Circles
Language: English
The circles spin round And the circles spin round And meet their own tail. Seasons come, seasons go, The years build their bars Till we're in jail. Like a squirrel in a cage -- For the jail is round -- We sometimes find Ourselves upside down.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Circles", appears in Fields of Wonder, in Border Line, no. 8 [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 Robert Owens (1925 - 2017), "Circles", op. 24 no. 8, published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Border Line, no. 8 [sung text checked 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 10
Word count: 44