It’s a Long Way

It’s a long way the sea-winds blow
    Over the sea-plains blue,—
But longer far has my heart to go
    Before its dreams come true.

It’s work we must, and love we must,
    And do the best we may,
And take the hope of dreams in trust
    To keep us day by day.

It’s a long way the sea-winds blow—
    But somewhere lies a shore—
Thus down the tide of Time shall flow
    My dreams forevermore.

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“It’s a Long Way” originally appeared in Lyrics of Life and Love (H. B. Turner & Co., 1904).

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“I, too, sing America.

I am the darker brother.”

—“I, Too” by Langston Hughes