by Arlo Bates (1850 - 1918)
I kiss the rosebud which you wore
Language: English
I kiss the rosebud which you wore, Yet know not why I love it so ; 'Twas but a simple flower before It blushed against thy breast of snow. But since, to such a worth 'tis grown, It is a guerdon most divine ; Because the touch which it has known, The breast which it has pressed, were thine.
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Text Authorship:
- by Arlo Bates (1850 - 1918), "The Rose Guerdon", appears in Berries of the Brier, in A Lover's Canticles, no. 4, first published 1886 [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 George Whitefield Chadwick (1854 - 1931), "Rose Guerdon", op. 8 (Three love Songs) no. 1 (1882) [ soprano or tenor and piano ] [sung text checked 1 time]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-05-13
Line count: 8
Word count: 57