Mile Upon Mile

Mile Upon Mile (SATB, a cappella) “Mile Upon Mile” is a SATB (divisi) octavo based on a poem by Stephen Crane from ‘The Black Riders.’ The text is public domain and a piano reduction is provided for rehearsal.

THE BLACK RIDERS AND OTHER LINES Stephen Crane Published May 11, 1895

There was, before me, Mile upon mile
Of snow, ice, burning sand.
And yet I could look beyond all this,
To a place of infinite beauty;

And I could see the loveliness of her
Who walked in the shade of the trees.
When I gazed, All was lost
But this place of beauty and her.
When I gazed,
And in my gazing, desired,
Then came again
Mile upon mile,
Of snow, ice, burning sand.