I sometimes think that never blows so red (Fitzgerald, set by L. Lehmann) (The Lied and Art Song Texts Page: Texts and Translations to Lieder, mélodies, canzoni, and other classical vocal music)


I sometimes think that never blows so red
The Rose as where some buried Caesar bled,
That ev'ry Hyacinth the Garden wears
Dropt in her lap from some once lovely head.

Input by Barbara Miller

Authorship

Edward Fitzgerald (1809-1883)

The Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám

Based on

text

Hakim Omar Khayyám (c1048-c1122)

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Text is used as part of a longer work

Liza Lehmann (1862-1918)

In a Persian Garden

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