The young [rose I give thee, so dewy and bright]1,
Was the floweret most dear to the sweet bird of night,
Who oft, by the [moon]2, o'er her blushes hath hung,
And thrilled every leaf with the wild lay he [sung]3.

Oh, take [thou]4 this young rose, and let her life be
Prolonged by the breath she will borrow from thee;
For, while o'er her bosom thy soft notes shall thrill,
She'll think the sweet night-bird is courting her still.

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¹ Ward: "rose which I gave thee so dewy and light"
² Ward: "moonlight"
³ Ward: "sang"
⁴ Ward: "then"

Text Authorship:

• by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "The young rose", appears in Melodies, Songs, and Sacred Songs, first published 1818 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

• by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "The young rose", op. 28 no. 11, from Among flowers, no. 11 [sung text not yet checked]
• by Liza Lehmann (1862 - 1918), "The young rose", published 1895 [ voice and piano ], from Album of Nine English Songs, London: Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
• by Hamish MacCunn (1868 - 1916), "The young rose", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], from Ten Songs, London: Joseph Williams [sung text not yet checked]
• by Charles Stewart MacPherson (1865 - 1941), "The young rose", published <<1940 [ voice and piano ], London: Boosey & Hawkes [sung text not yet checked]
• by Em. Polak , "The young rose", published <<1929 [ high voice and piano ], from Poems by Thomas Moore, New York: G. Schirmer [sung text not yet checked]
• by Joseph S. Ward , "The young rose", published [c1888] [ voice and piano ], from Six Songs, London: London Music Publishing [sung text checked 1 time]

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• Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist ; composed by Ernst Vollmer, Alexander Winterberger.
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Word count: 80