2004
as is the sea marvelous
Composed by 
John Musto
John Musto Text by 
E. E. Cummings
E. E. Cummings Viva Sweet Love Song Collection
"as is the sea marvelous" is the first song of John Musto's song cycle Viva Sweet Love, a cycle which sets the poetry of e. e. cummings and James Laughlin.
Text
as is the sea marvelous
by e. e. cummings
as is the sea marvelous
from god’s
hands which sent her forth
to sleep upon the world
and the earth withers
the moon crumbles
one by one
stars flutter into dust
but the sea
does not change
and she goes forth out of hands and
she returns into hands
and is with sleep….
love,
the breaking
of your
soul
upon
my lips
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