The poem is "The funeral rites of the rose" by Robert Herrick.
The song is "Felix Virgo", a motette from 15th Century.
Paintings are "Basket of flowers" by Juan de Arellano.
The rose was sick, and smiling died;
And (being to be sanctified)
About the bed there sighing stood
The sweet and flowery sisterhood.
Some hung the head, while some did bring
(To wash her) water from the spring.
Some laid her forth, while others wept,
But all a solemn fast there kept.
The holy sisters some among
The sacred dirge and trental sung.
But ah, what sweets smelt everywhere,
As heaven had spent all perfumes there!
At last, when prayers for the dead
And rites were all accomplished,
They, weeping, spread a lawny loom,
And closed her up, as in a tomb.
"The funeral rites of the rose" by Robert Herrick. Watching Art 52 watching grass grow | |
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