by Alfred Noyes (1880 - 1958)
What is there hid in the heart of a rose
Language: English
What is there hid in the heart of a rose, Mother-mine? Ah, who knows, who knows, who knows? A man that died on a lonely hill May tell you, perhaps, but none other will, Little child. What does it take to make a rose, Mother-mine? The God that died to make it knows It takes the world's eternal wars, It takes the moon and all the stars, It takes the might of heaven and hell And the everlasting Love as well, Little child.
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Text Authorship:
- by Alfred Noyes (1880 - 1958), "Song", appears in The Forest Of Wild Thyme: A Tale For Children Under Ninety, first published 1905 [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 John Woods Duke (1899 - 1984), "The heart of a rose", 1980 [ high voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Elinor Remick Warren (1900 - 1991), "The heart of a rose" [ voice and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2011-02-14
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Word count: 83