1987
Island
Composed by 
John Musto
John Musto Text by 
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes Shadow of the Blues Song Collection
"Island" is the third song of Musto's song cycle Shadow of the Blues.
Text
Island [1]
by Langston Hughes
Wave of sorrow,
Do not drown me now:
I see the island
Still ahead somehow.
I see the island
And its sands are fair:
Wave of sorrow,
Take me there.
–The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, p. 376
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