Refuge
DURATION
2’45”
INSTRUMENTATION
SATB (div.) adult or young adult choir a cappella
AUDIO
Clerestory and the Young Women's Chorus of San Francisco
POET
Sara Teasdale
YEAR COMPOSED
2012
COMMISSIONER
Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir
THIS IS A MOVEMENT FROM:
Songs of Joy and Refuge
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TEXT
From my spirit's gray defeat,
From my pulse's flagging beat,
From my hopes that turned to sand
Sifting through my close-clenched hand,
From my own fault's slavery,
If I can sing, I still am free.
For with my singing I can make
A refuge for my spirit's sake,
A house of shining words, to be
My fragile immortality.