by Thomas Howell (flourished 1568-1581)
Whenas the mildest month
Language: English
Whenas the mildest month Of jolly June doth spring, And gardens green with happy hue Their famous fruits do bring; When eke the lustiest time Reviveth youthly blood, Then springs the finest featured flower In border fair that stood. Which moveth me to say, In time of pleasant year, Of all the pleasant flowers in June The red rose hath no peer.
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Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Howell (flourished 1568-1581), "The Rose" [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 Iain Ellis Hamilton (1922 - 2000), "The Rose", 1954 [ high voice and piano ], from Songs of Summer, no. 2 [sung text not yet checked]
- by John (Nicholson) Ireland (1879 - 1962), "All in a garden green", 1938, published 1938, from Five XVIth Century Poems, no. 2 [sung text checked 1 time]
- by John Theodore Livingston Raynor (1909 - 1970), "The Red Rose", op. 349 (1952) [ voice and piano ] [sung text not yet checked]
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