Reading
"I Dream a World" by Langston Hughes
In this poem, poet Langston Hughes shares various dreams he has for a different world.
I dream a world where man
No other man will scorn,
Where love will bless the earth
And peace its paths adorn
I dream a world where all
Will know sweet freedom's way,
Where greed no longer saps the soul
Nor avarice blights our day.
A world I dream where black or white,
Whatever race you be,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every man is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all mankind-
Of such I dream, my world!
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- 1From The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes. Reprinted by permission of Harold Ober Associates. Copyright 1951 by the Langston Hughes Estate.
How to Cite This Reading
Facing History & Ourselves, “"I Dream a World" by Langston Hughes”, last updated September 29, 2023.
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