Peace We passed their graves: The dead men there, Winners or losers, Did not care. In the dark They could not see Who had gained The victory. Langston Hughes More Quotes by Langston Hughes More Quotes From Langston Hughes America never was America to me And yet I swear this oath - America will be! Langston Hughes breaking-silence oath america Because my mouth Is wide with laughter And my throat Is deep with song, You do not think I suffer after I have held my pain So long? Because my mouth Is wide with laughter You do not hear My inner cry? Because my feet Are gay with dancing You do not know I die? Langston Hughes laughter pain song Well, I like to eat, sleep, drink, and be in love. I like to work, read, learn, and understand life. Langston Hughes drink sleep thinking Go home and write / a page tonight. / And let that page come out of you - / Then, it will be true. Langston Hughes tonight home writing Americans of good-will, the nice decent church people, the well-meaning liberals, the good hearted souls who themselves wouldn't lynch anyone, must begin to realize that they have to be more than passively good-hearted, more than church goingly Christian, and much more than word-of-mouth in the liberalism. Langston Hughes nice christian people I dream a world... where wretchedness will hang its head and joy, like a pearl, attends the needs of all mankind. Of such I dream, my world! Langston Hughes dream joy needs When peoples care for you and cry for you, they can straighten out your soul. Langston Hughes wedding soul people Gather out of star-dust, Earth-dust, Cloud-dust, Storm-dust, And splinters of hail, One handful of dream-dust, Not for sale. Langston Hughes stars dream clouds A dream deferred is a dream denied. Langston Hughes denied dream Democracy will not come Today, this year Nor ever Through compromise and fear. Langston Hughes democracy today years LIBERTY! FREEDOM! DEMOCRACY! True anyhow no matter how many Liars use those words. Langston Hughes democracy liberty liars Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you. Langston Hughes humor summer rain Gather quickly Langston Hughes darkness song snow There is no color line in death. I swear to the lord I still can't see Why Democracy means Everybody but me. O, yes, I say it plain, America never was America to me, And yet I swear this oath - America will be! I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe. Langston Hughes rocks color mean I am the American heartbreak- The rock on which Freedom Stumped its toe. Langston Hughes toes rocks freedom Road's in front o' me, Nothin' to do but walk. Langston Hughes fronts walks walking Oh, God of Dust and Rainbows, Help us to see That without the dust the rainbow Would not be. Langston Hughes rainbow dust helping What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore-- And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over-- like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags like a heavy load. Or does it explode? Langston Hughes dream running sweet My soul has grown deep like the rivers. Langston Hughes environmental soul rivers I stay cool, and dig all jive, That's the way I stay alive. My motto, as I live and learn, is Dig and be dug In return. Langston Hughes return alive way
