by Anonymous / Unidentified Author
Lady, when I behold the roses sprouting
Language: English
Lady, when I behold the roses sprouting, Which clad in damask mantles deck the arbours, And then behold your lips where sweet love harbours, My eyes present me with a double doubting; For, viewing both alike, hardly my mind supposes Whether the roses be your lips or your lips the roses.
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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 Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981), "Lady, when I behold the roses" [ voice and piano ], from Three Songs: The Words from Old England, no. 1, confirmed with a CD booklet [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "My lady's lips", c1919-1922 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Paul Mealor (b. 1975), "Lady, when I behold the roses" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Roger Quilter (1877 - 1953), "Damask roses", op. 12 no. 3 (1907), published 1908 [ voice and piano ], from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, no. 3, London, Boosey [sung text checked 1 time]
- by William Walton (1902 - 1983), "Lady, when I behold the roses", from Anon. in Love, no. 3 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Joel Weiss , "Damask roses", 1998 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Wilbye (1574 - 1638), "Lady, when I behold", published 1598 [ vocal sextet ], madrigal [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Wilbye (1574 - 1638), "Lady, when I behold", published 1598 [ vocal quartet ], madrigal [sung text checked 1 time]
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Line count: 6
Word count: 51