The sea is awash with roses (2000)
for men’s choir [3:30]
Composed for the Harvard Glee Club. Available on Albany Records.
The sea is awash with roses O they blow
Upon the land
The still hills fill with their scent
O the hills flow on their sweetness
As on God’s hand
O love, it is so little we know of pleasure
Pleasure that lasts as the snow
But the sea is awash with roses O they blow
Upon the land
[Kenneth Patchen]