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- by Anonymous / Unidentified Author, Carmina Burana 186/I
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This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
Line count: 18
Word count: 64
Take thou this Rose O Rose.
Since love's own flower it is,
And by that Rose that Rose,
Thy lover captive is.
Smell thou this Rose O Rose.
And know thy self as sweet
As dawn is sweet.
Look on this Rose, O Rose.
And looking laugh on me,
And in thy laughter's ring,
The nightingale shall sing.
...
O Rose, a painted Rose
Is not the whole;
Who paints the flower
Paints not its fragrant soul.
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Composition:
- Set to music by Robert Hugill , "Kiss thou this rose", rev. 1973, stanzas 1-3,5 [ soprano and piano ]
Text Authorship:
- by Helen Jane Waddell (1889 - 1965), "The painted rose", appears in Medieval Latin Lyrics, first published 1929
Based on:
- a text in Latin by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist , Carmina Burana 186/I
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Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2010-03-26
Line count: 18
Word count: 91