The breath of a rose

Song TitleThe breath of a rose (Search)
Composer(s):William Grant Still
Composer Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Author(s):Langston Hughes
Author Underrepresented GroupAfrican-American; POC; Black (Search)
Keyword(s) & Features: Breath; Dawn; Day; Dew; Dying; Fleeting; Flowers; Gone; Hearts; Hopelessness; Impermance; Lilacs; Love; Metaphor: Love as Breath; Metaphor: Love as Dew; Metaphor: Love as Perfume; Metaphor: Love as Starlight; Morning; Nature; Perfume; Perfumes; Roses; Sky; Starlight; Stars; Sun; Transience; Withering
First LineLove is like dew on lilacs at dawn (Search)
Year of composition 1928 (Search)
Link to English Text Onlinehttps://songofamerica.net/song/breath-of-a-rose/
Author's associated movements or -isms or GroupsHarlem Renaissance (Search)
Original LanguageEnglish (Search)
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