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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DREAM VARIATIONS [OR, VARIATION], by JAMES LANGSTON HUGHES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: To fling my arms wide
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Variant Title(s): Dream Variations
Subject(s): African Americans; Imagination; Nature; Negroes; American Blacks; Fancy
First Line: To fling my arms wide
Alternate Author Name(s): Hughes, Langston
Variant Title(s): Dream Variations
Subject(s): African Americans; Imagination; Nature; Negroes; American Blacks; Fancy
To fling my arms wide
In some place of the sun,
To whirl and to dance
Till the white day is done.
Then rest at cool evening
Beneath a tall tree
While night comes on gently,
Dark like me--
That is my dream!
To fling my arms wide
In the face of the sun,
Dance! Whirl! Whirl!
Till the quick day is done.
Rest at pale evening ...
A tall, slim tree ...
Night coming tenderly
Black like me.
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