by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Remembrance
Language: English
To wander through this living world And leave uncut the roses Is to remember fragrances where The flower no scent encloses.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Remembrance" [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), "Remembrance", op. 14 no. 2 [ soprano and piano ], from Heart on the Wall, no. 2, with a German translation by Erika Berghöfer-Engen [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 4
Word count: 21