viernes, 14 de noviembre de 2014

Henry Lawes - Go Lovely Rose






A song by Edmund Waller, set by Henry Lawes



         Go, lovely Rose!
Tell her, that wastes her time and me,
         That now she knows
When I resemble her to thee,
How sweet and fair she seems to be.

         Tell her that's young
And shuns to have her graces spied,
         That hadst thou sprung
In deserts, where no men abide,
Thou must have uncommended died.

         Small is the worth
Of beauty from the light retired:
         Bid her come forth,
Suffer herself to be desired,
And not blush to be so admired.

         Then die! that she
The common fate of all things rare
         May read in thee:
How small a part of time they share
                                  That are so wondrous sweet and fair!


 —oOo—
 

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