Lady, when I behold the roses sprouting

Lady, when I behold the roses sprouting,
Which clad in damask mantles deck the arbours,
And then behold your lips where sweet love harbours,
My eyes present me with a double doubting;
For, viewing both alike, hardly my mind supposes
Whether the roses be your lips or your lips the roses.

by Anonymous/Unidentified Artist

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)

by Roger Quilter (1877-1953) , "Damask roses", op. 12 no. 3, from Seven Elizabethan Lyrics, no. 3.
by William Walton (1902-1983) , "Lady, when I behold the roses", from Anon. in Love, no. 3.
by John Wilbye (1574-1638) , "Lady, when I behold", published 1598. [madrigal for six voices]
by John Wilbye (1574-1638) , "Lady, when I behold", published 1598. [madrigal for four voices]

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