by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962)
Red roses floating in a crystal bowl
Language: English
Red roses floating in a crystal bowl You bring, O love; and in your eyes I see, Blossom on blossom, your warm love of me Burning within your crystal soul-- Red roses floating in a crystal bowl.
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Authorship:
- by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson (1878 - 1962), "Roses", appears in Friends, first published 1916 [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 Anita Mary Blake , "The crystal bowl", published 1926 [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
- by Ivor (Bertie) Gurney (1890 - 1937), "Red roses", 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Five Songs, no. 4 [sung text not yet checked]
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This text was added to the website: 2009-01-30
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