by Edmund Waller (1608 - 1687) and by Henry Kirke White (1785 - 1806)
Go lov'ly Rose See original
Language: English
Our translations: SPA
Go, lovely Rose! --
Tell her, that wastes her time and me,
That now she knows,
When I resemble her to thee,
How sweet and fair she seems to be.
Tell her that's young,
And shuns to have her graces spied
That hadst thou sprung
In deserts, where no men abide,
Thou must have uncommended died.
Small is the worth
Of beauty from the light retir'd;
Bid her come forth,
Suffer herself to be desir'd,
And not blush so to be admir'd.
Then die! -- that she
The common fate of all things rare
May read in thee:
How small a part of time they share
That are so wondrous sweet and fair!
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See also Ezra Pound's Envoi.
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
Composition:
- Set to music by Johann Peter Salomon (c1745 - 1815), "Go lov'ly Rose", stanzas 1-4
Text Authorship:
- by Edmund Waller (1608 - 1687)
- by Henry Kirke White (1785 - 1806)
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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- SPA Spanish (Español) (José Miguel Llata) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website: 2003-11-19
Line count: 25
Word count: 140