I sometimes think that never blows so red

Set by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), no title, 1896 [ contralto solo ], from In a Persian Garden, no. 8 [Sung Text]

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I sometimes think that never blows so red
The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled,
That every Hyacinth the Garden wears
Dropt in her lap from some once lovely head.

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And this reviving Herb, whose tender green,
Fledges the river-lip on which we lean --
Ah, lean upon it lightly! for who knows
From what once lovely Lip it springs unseen.

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Author(s): Edward Fitzgerald (1809 - 1883)