Suscipe Flos Florem Lyrics & Chords By Mediæval Bæbes

take thou this rose o rose
since love’s own flower it is
and by that rose
thy lover captive is
smell thou this rose o rose
and know thyself as sweet
as dawn is sweet
look at this rose o rose
and looking laugh on me
and in thy laughter’s ring
the nightingale shall sing
kiss thou this rose o rose
that it may know
the scarlet of thy mouth
o rose this painted rose
is not the whole
who pains the flower
paints not its fragrant soul