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Till the rose's lips grow pale
With her sighs.
Till the rose's lips grow pale
With her sighs.
Rose were sette of swete savour,
With many roses that thei bere.
Rose were sette of swete savour,
With many roses that thei bere.
Red as a rose of Harpocrate.
Red as a rose of Harpocrate.
All June I bound the rose in sheaves,
Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.
All June I bound the rose in sheaves,
Now, rose by rose, I strip the leaves.
Yon rose-buds in the morning-dew,
How pure amang the leaves sae green!
Yon rose-buds in the morning-dew,
How pure amang the leaves sae green!
You smell a rose through a fence:
If two should smell it, what matter?
You smell a rose through a fence:
If two should smell it, what matter?
There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the
thorns.
There is no gathering the rose without being pricked by the
thorns.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
Let us crown ourselves with rosebuds before they wither.
She wore a wreath of roses,
The night that first we met.
She wore a wreath of roses,
The night that first we met.
