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It Was A Quiet Way

SATB, string quintet/organ

One of my earliest works for chorus, this poem sends a powerful message.  It was finished just after the tragic events of September 11th, 2001 and the work is dedicated to all those lost. 
Score

It was a quiet way-
He asked if I was his-
I made no answer of the Tongue
But answer of the Eyes-
And then He bore me on
Before this mortal noise
With swiftness, as of Chariots
And distance, as of Wheels.
This World did drop away
As Acres from the feet
Of one that leaneth from Balloon
Upon an Ether street.
The Gulf behind was not,
The Continents were new-
Eternity it was before
Eternity was due.
No Seasons were to us-
It was not Night nor Morn-
But Sunrise stopped upon the place
And fastened it in Dawn.

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