Choral Choir,Choral (SATB) - Level 3 - Digital Download SKU: A0.1295262 Composed by Carl Sandburg and Nathaniel Hontz. 20th Century,A Cappella,Contemporary,Religious,Sacred. 6 pages. TigerSong LLC #885562. Published by TigerSong LLC (A0.1295262). A musical setting to Carl Sandburg's 1918 poem Prayers of Steel for SATB choir. A short and powerful anthem, seeking to be an agent for change and growth. Ideally performed without accompaniment, piano reduction included.Lay me on an anvil, O God.  Beat me and hammer me into a crowbar.  Let me pry loose old walls.  Let me lift and loosen old foundations.    Lay me on an anvil, O God.Beat me and hammer me into a steel spike.  Drive me into the girders that hold a skyscraper together.  Take red-hot rivets and fasten me into the central girders.  Let me be the great nail holding a skyscraper through blue nights into white stars..