Two Songs , opus 4

by Edmund Duncan Rubbra (1901 - 1986)

1. The Mystery  [sung text not yet checked]

Language: English 
He came and took me by the hand
Up to a red rose tree,
He kept His meaning to Himself
But gave a rose to me.

I did not pray Him to lay bare
The mystery to me,
Enough the rose was Heaven to smell,
And His own face to see.

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2. Jesukin

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