Life is for the living.
Death is for the dead.
Let life be like music.
And death a note unsaid.

Langston Hughes

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Topic

Life and death Life Death

Author

Langston Hughes

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1937 1930s 20th century

Occupation

Black writer Black poet Poet Writer

From

United States

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Original Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Note In Music." Opportunity: Journal of Negro Life. Apr. 1937.

Current Citation

Hughes, Langston. "Note In Music." The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Edited by Arnold Rampersad and David Roessel. Vintage, 1995.

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To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:
A time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to pluck up that which is planted;
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A time to cast away stones, and a time to gather stones together; a time to embrace, and a time to refrain from embracing;
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A time to rend, and a time to sew; a time to keep silence, and a time to speak;
A time to love, and a time to hate; a time of war, and a time of peace.

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Source
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Medium
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Genre
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Language
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Time
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Era
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