You Are the Rose About to Bloom

Music: Voluntarie
By William Byrd. Performed by John Sankey.

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You are the rose about to bloom, The color soon to wake, The perfume set to scent the breeze, The bud about to break. You stand upon the lip of time Alight with what will be, And see yourself out to the sky Across the open sea. We see you vertically, a gift Too beautiful to plumb, And treasure all the years you were And all the years to come.