When Summer Goes

"When Summer Goes" is a song composed by Khyle Wooten on the poetry of Langston Hughes. It is the third song in the song cycle "A Journey in Love"

Date: 2018Composer: Khyle WootenText: Langston Hughes

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    Passing Love by Langston Hughes

    Because you are to me a song
    I must not sing you over-long.
    Because you are to me a prayer
    I cannot say you everywhere.Because you are to me a rose —
    You will not stay when summer goes.

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