1958
Night song
Composed by 
Robert Owens
Robert Owens Text by 
Langston Hughes
Langston Hughes Silver Rain, Op. 11 Song Collection
"Night song" is the third song in Robert Owens' cycle "Silver Rain" which is a setting of Langston Hughes poems for tenor.
Text
“Night song”
By Langston Hughes
In the dark
Before the tall
Moon came,
Little short
Dusk
Was walking
Along.
In the dark
Before the tall
Moon came,
Little short
Dusk
Was singing
A song.
In the dark
Before the tall
Moon came,
A lady named
Day
Fainted away
In the
Dark.