The Dream Keeper and Other Poems Quotes

“The Dream Keeper

Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamer,
Bring me all your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.”
― Langston Hughes, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

“Quiet Girl

I would liken you
To a night without stars
Were it not for your eyes.
I would liken you
To a sleep without dreams
Were it not for your songs.”
― Langston Hughes, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

“The Dream Keeper Bring me all of your dreams,
You dreamers,
Bring me all of your
Heart melodies
That I may wrap them
In a blue cloud-cloth
Away from the too-rough fingers
Of the world.”
― Langston Hughes, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

“Serve—and hate will die unborn.
Love—and chains are broken.”
― Langston Hughes, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

“I loved my friend.
He went away from me.
There’s nothing more to say.
The poems ends,
Soft as it began—
I loved my friend. —Langston Hughes”
― Langston Hughes, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems

“Dream Dust 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, The Dream Keeper and Other Poems