by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
This day day dawes
Language: English
This day day dawes This gentill day dawes, This gentill day dawes And I must go home. In a glorius garden grene Sawe I syttyng a comly quene Among the flouris that fresth byn. She gaderd a floure and set betwene; The lyly-whight rose methought I sawe The lyly-whight rose methought I sawe, And ever she sang: This day day dawes... In that garden be flouris of hewe; The gelofir gent that she well knewe The flour-de-luce she did on rewe, And said - ‘The white rose is most trewe This garden to rule be ryghtwis lawe’. The lyly-whyghte rose methought I sawe, And ever she sang: This day day dawes...
dawes= dawns
set betwene= sat amongst them
gelofir gent= clove-scented pink
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
set betwene= sat amongst them
gelofir gent= clove-scented pink
Authorship:
- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, 15th century [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , "This day day dawes" [text verified 1 time]
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2014-06-23
Line count: 20
Word count: 111