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”Like to the Damask Rose” is a poem either by Francis Quarles called "Hos ego versiculos",[1] or by Simon Wastell[2] called “The flesh profiteth nothing”.[3] It was set to music by the English composer Edward Elgar in 1892.
The song, together with Through the Long Days, was first performed by Charles Phillips in St. James's Hall on 25 February 1897.
It was first published (Tuckwood, Ascherberg) in 1893, and re-published by Boosey in 1907 as one of the Seven Lieder of Edward Elgar, with English and German words.
The 'damask rose' (Damascus rose) of the title is the common name of Rosa × damascena.
Elgar made a few changes to the original words.
English - Elgar's lyrics LIKE TO THE DAMASK ROSE
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German words by Ed. Sachs GLEICH WIE DER ROTEN ROSE PRACHT
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