Prayers of Steel (Anthem for SATB Choir)
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SKU: A0.1295262
Composed by Carl Sandburg and Nathaniel Hontz. 20th Century,A Cappella,Contemporary,Religious,Sacred. 6 pages. TigerSong LLC #885562. Published by TigerSong LLC (A0.1295262).A musical setting to Carl Sandburg's 1918 poem "Prayers of Steel" for SATB choir. A short and powerful anthem, seeking to be an agent for change and growth. Ideally performed without accompaniment, piano reduction included.
"Lay me on an anvil, O God.
Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar.
Let me pry loose old walls.
Let me lift and loosen old foundations.
Lay me on an anvil, O God.
Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike.
Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together.
Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders.
Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue nights into white stars.".
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