1987
Litany
Composed by 
John Musto
John Musto Text by 
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes Shadow of the Blues Song Collection
"Litany" is the second song of Musto's song cycle Shadow of the Blues.
Text
Prayer [2]
by Langston Hughes
Gather up
In the arms of your pity
The sick, the depraved,
The desperate, the tired,
All the scum
Of our weary city.
Gather up
In the arms of your pity.
Gather up
In the arms of your love–
Those who expect
No love from above.
–The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes, pp. 138-139
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