Dreams (op. 53, no. 2)

"Dreams" is the second song of Lowell Liebermann's Three Dream Songs, op. 53 song cycle.

Date: 1996Composer: Lowell LiebermannText: Langston HughesSong Collection: Three Dream Songs, op. 53

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Dreams

By Langston Hughes

 

Hold fast to dreams

For if dreams die

Life is a broken-winged bird

That cannot fly.

 

Hold fast to dreams

For when dreams go

Life is a barren field

Frozen with snow

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