Kenneth Patchen. ' The sea is awash with roses'. From City Lights Pocket Poet Anthology edited by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. The sea is awash with roses O they blow Upon the land The still hills fill with their scent O the hills flow on their sweetness As on God's hand O love, it is so little we know of pleasure Pleasure that lasts as the snow But the sea is awash with roses O they blow Upon the land.