by Jean Froissart (c1337 - c1410)
Translation © by David Marsh (1923 - 1982)

The fairest flow'r of all, men call the...
Language: English  after the Old French (Ancien français) 
The fairest flow'r of all, men call the rose
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Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Donald Ibrahim Swann (1923 - 1994), "Marguerite", c1948, published 1998 [medium voice and piano], from Six poetic songs, no. 1, London, Thames Publishing House ; in The songs of Donald Swann, volume 2

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