Bhaktipoornananda Saraswati's Page

I Dream a World

I dream a world where man
No other 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 bed,
Will share the bounties of the earth
And every one is free,
Where wretchedness will hang its head,
And joy, like a pearl,
Attends the needs of all humankind.
Of such I dream --
Our world!

~ James Langston Hughes (1902-1967)