The wild rose (George J. Webb)

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• (Posted 2024-02-23)  CPDL #79239:     

Editor: David Anderson (submitted 2024-02-23).   Score information: Letter, 8 pages, 408 kB   Copyright: Personal

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Title: The wild rose
Composer: George J. Webb
Lyricist:
Number of voices: 4vv   Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong

Language: English
Instruments: A cappella

First published: 1850 Mason & Law
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Original text and translations

English text

Though gorgeous and bright is the garden, I ween,
Where thousand-leaved roses are richest in sheen;
But, lady, the plain little wild rose for me,
That blooms in the shade of the tall forest tree.

The proud Multiflora, so vain of its charms,
Flaunts wide in the sunshine its broad-spreading arms:
But give me the wild rose, ashamed to be seen,
That blushes and hides in its mantle of green.

The rose of the garden may boast its perfume,
And true, it smells sweetly while lingers its bloom;
But give me the Eglantine blushing alone,
That still scents the gale when its blossoms are gone.

Let others encircle their brows with the flowers
By culture made bright for a few fleeting hours:
Far dearer to me is the wild flower that grows
Unseen by the brook where in shadow it flows.

Then hie, gentle maid, where the wild blossoms grow,
And cull me a wreath to encircle my brow:
One sweet little rose for my bosom shall be;
And, lady, that sweet little rose shall be thee.