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<poem>Fair is the rose, yet fades with heat or cold. | |||
Sweet are the violets, yet soon grow old. | |||
The lily is white, yet in one day 'tis done. | |||
White is the snow, yet melts against the sun. | |||
So white, so sweet was my fair mistress' face, | |||
Yet altered quite in one short hour's space. | |||
So short-lived beauty a vain gloss doth borrow, | |||
Breathing delight today, but none tomorrow.</poem> | |||
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Revision as of 23:19, 2 December 2013
CPDL #30682:Finale 2004
- Editor: Willem Verkaik (submitted 2013-12-02). Score information: A4, 10 pages, 158 kB Copyright: CPDL
- Edition notes: Measures 20-22 have been exchanged between S2 and A to allow a better range of modern singers.
The original key (d) has been maintained.
General Information
Title: Fair is the rose
Composer: Orlando Gibbons
Number of voices: 5vv Voicing: SSATB
Genre: Secular, Madrigal
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
Published:
Description:
External websites:
Original text and translations
English text
Fair is the rose, yet fades with heat or cold.
Sweet are the violets, yet soon grow old.
The lily is white, yet in one day 'tis done.
White is the snow, yet melts against the sun.
So white, so sweet was my fair mistress' face,
Yet altered quite in one short hour's space.
So short-lived beauty a vain gloss doth borrow,
Breathing delight today, but none tomorrow.