Gilbert and Sullivan Archive
The Rose of Persia
Song No. 6
'Neath my lattice through the night
CD
1
Track
7
MIDI File
16K, 2 min. 14 seconds.
SONG. -- ROSE-IN-BLOOM.
The American coloratura soprano Ellen Beach Yaw as Rose-in-Bloom.
'Neath my lattice through the night
Comes the west-wind perfume laden:
As a lover to a maid
Sighing softly, "Here am I!"
Sighing softly, "Here am I!"
"Come, and wander where I wander in
the silence of the stars!
the stars, the stars, of the stars!"
In the moonbeams' magic light,
Cool and silent dewdrops glisten
Where the roses weep to listen
To my heart's impatient cry:
"Shall the cage-bird leave her prison, golden
though her prison bars?"
Though the bars,
Thy wing beat,
To the stars, O sing!
Let thy soul on wings of music
Soar beyond thy prison bars!
Let thy soul on music soar.
Ah!
O bulbul sing to the stars,
Ah!
O Let thy soul on wings of music
Soar beyond thy prison bars!
Ah! Let thy soul soar beyond soar
Ah! beyond!
Exit to house.
Page updated 25 July 1999
MIDI File 16K, 2 min. 14 seconds.
