Чарльз Вильерс Стэнфорд (2) - Diaphenia - ноты, текст песни (слова)

Diaphenia, like the daffadowndilly,
 White as the sun, fair as the lily,
 Heigh ho, how I do love thee!
 I do love thee as my lambs
 Are belovèd of their dams:
 How blest were I if thou would'st prove me.
 
 Diaphenia, like the spreading roses,
 That in thy sweets all sweets encloses,
 Fair sweet, how I do love thee!
 I do love thee as each flower
 Loves the sun's life-giving power;
 For dead, thy breath to life might move me.
 
 Diaphenia, like to all things blessèd,
 When all thy praises are expressèd,
 Dear joy, how I do love thee!
 As the birds do love the spring,
 Or the bees their careful king;
 Then in requite, sweet virgin, love me!