Matthew Lyon Hazzard - The Answer (2022 NWACDA SA Choir)

Performed by the 2022 ACDA Northwestern Region 11th-12th Grade SA Honor Choir. John Byun, conductor. Amy Boers, piano. March 12, 2022, Martin Woldson Theater at the Fox, Spokane, WA.
When I go back to earth
And all my joyous body
Puts off the red and white
That once had been so proud,
If men should pass above
With false and feeble pity,
My dust will find a voice
To answer them aloud:
“Be still, I am content,
Take back your poor compassion-
Joy was a flame in me
Too steady to destroy.
Lithe as a bending reed
Loving the storm that sways her-
I found more joy in sorrow
Than you could find in joy."
Sara Teasdale