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ACT III
No. 18: SONG - Lady Vernon
 MIDI FILE [14KB, 3' 27"] |
 [3' 25"] |
| LADY VERNON. | ||
| Queen of the garden bloomed a rose, | ||
| Queen of the roses round her: | ||
| Never a wayward wind that blows | ||
| Breathed on the bower that bound her; | ||
| The sunset lingered on her face, | ||
| And Phoebus, westward roaming, | ||
| Illumined with a golden grace | ||
| The empress of the gloaming. | ||
| Never a moon at evening rose | ||
| But in the twilight found her | ||
| Regal in rest, in red repose, | ||
| Queen of the roses round her! | ||
| Into her heart a canker crept, | ||
| Into her soul a sorrow; | ||
| Over her head the dew-drops wept, | ||
| "She will be dead to-morrow!" | ||
| But still a smile upon her cheek, | ||
| The morrow found her glowing | ||
| In crimson state, on all who seek | ||
| Her royal grace bestowing. | ||
| Queen of the garden still at noon, | ||
| Queen of the roses round her, | ||
| Not until eve the pallid moon | ||
| Dead in the garden found her! | ||
| DORCAS & CHORUS. | ||
| Dead in the garden lay a rose, | ||
| Regal in rest they found her; | ||
| LADY VERNON, DORCAS & CHORUS. | ||
| Smiling in death's august repose, | ||
| Queen of the roses round her! | ||
Meanwhile SIR GEORGE has entered. Exeunt DORCAS and CHORUS.
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