by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Convent
Language: English
Tell me, Is there peace Behind your high stone walls -- Peace Where no worldly duty calls -- Or does some strange Insistence beckon With a challenge That appalls?
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Convent", appears in Fields of Wonder, in Border Line, no. 10 [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), "Convent", op. 24 no. 10, published 1970 [ baritone and piano ], from Border Line, no. 10 [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 9
Word count: 27