Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal

By: Quilter
Voice Type(s): Baritone,Tenor,Mezzo,Soprano

Full
D ♭/C ♯
Melody
D ♭/C ♯

Now sleeps the crimson petal, now the white;
Nor waves the cypress in the palace walk;
Nor winks the gold fin in the porphyry font:
The fire-fly wakens: waken thou with me.

Now folds the lily all her sweetness up,
And slips into the bosom of the lake:
So fold thyself, my dearest, thou, and slip
Into my bosom and be lost in me.