by Frank Dempster Sherman (1860 - 1916)

Language: English 
Song like a rose should be;
Each rhyme a petal sweet;
For fragrance, melody,
That when her lips repeat 
The words, her heart may know
What secret makes them so:  -- 
Love, only Love! 

Go, then, my song  --  a rose
Fashioned of love and rhyme;
Unto her heart disclose
That secret old as time,  -- 
Old, yet forever new!
Go, then, and tell her true  --
Love, only Love!

Composition:

    Set to music by Arthur Foote (1853 - 1937), "Song Like a Rose Should Be", op. 72 (Five Songs) no. 3 [ voice and piano ]

Text Authorship:

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This text was added to the website: 2022-01-03
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