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by Thomas Lodge (1558 - 1625)

Love guides the roses
 (Sung text for setting by A. Foote)
 See original
Language: English 
Love guides the roses of thy lips,
And flies about them like a bee;
If I approach he forward skips,
And if I kiss he stingeth me.
Love in thine eyes doth build his bower,
And sleeps within their pretty shine;
And if I look the boy will lower,
And from their orbs shoot shafts divine.
 ... 
Love, let me cull her choicest flowers,
And pity me, and calm her eye,
Make soft her heart, dissolve her lowers,
Then will I praise thy deity.
 ... 

Composition:

    Set to music by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Love guides the roses", op. 67 (Four songs) no. 2, published 1908, copyright © 1908, lines 1-8, 13-16 [ low voice and piano ], Boston, Arthur P. Schmidt

Text Authorship:

  • by Thomas Lodge (1558 - 1625), no title, appears in Sonnets to Phillis, no. 13

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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website: 2009-01-29
Line count: 18
Word count: 133

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