Wide, Wide in the Rose’s Side

Joel Martinson (b. 1960)
text Kenneth Patchen

Wide, wide in the rose’s side
Sleeps a child without sin.
And any man who loves in this world
Stands here on guard over him.

This piece was performed on Octarium’s Christmas with Octarium, December 2003 and Holidays with Octarium, December 2007, Holidays with Octarium - Greatest Hits, December 2008, Holidays with Octarium, December 2010 and Lessons and Carols sponsored by Tulips on Troost, December 2010.