Go not too near a house of rose (James Gibb)
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CPDL #24844: [ Capella]
- Editor: James Gibb (submitted 2011-11-02). Score information: A4, 2 pages, 22 kB Copyright: Personal
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Title: Go not too near a house of rose
Composer: James Gibb
Lyricist: Emily Dickinson
Number of voices: 4vv Voicing: SATB
Genre: Secular, Partsong
Language: English
Instruments: a cappella
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Original text and translations
English text
Go not too near a House of Rose,
The depredation of a breeze,
Or inundation of a dew,
Alarms its walls away;
Nor try to tie the butterfly,
Nor climb the bars of ecstasy,
In insecurity to lie,
Is Joy’s insuring quality.