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LANGSTON HUGHES ~ ON DREAMS
7 September 2011
DREAMS
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.
Langston Hughes (1902 – 1967 / Missouri/The United States)
Drawing of Langston Hughes by Winold Reiss
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