by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967)
Dancers
Language: English
Stealing from the night A few Desperate hours Of pleasure. Stealing from death A few Desperate days Of life.
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1901 - 1967), "Dancers" [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), "Dancers", op. 9 no. 6 [ baritone and piano ], from Tearless - Song Cycle for Baritone and Piano, no. 6 [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-10-26
Line count: 8
Word count: 19