The Rose of Flame
Oh, fair immaculate rose of the world, rose of my dream, my Rose!
Beyond the ultimate gates of dream I have heard thy mystical call:
It is where the rainbow of hope suspends and the river of rapture flows—
And the cool sweet dews from the wells of peace for ever fall.
– William Sharp (1855-1905)
Sung by Susan Diamond
Date of Song’s Composition: c. 1985
Commentary: William Sharp was a Scottish, writer known for his poetry, literary biographies, and also as an editor of poetry. This poem, along with much of his other poetry was written incognito under the pseudonym Fiona McLeod. Diamond sets the first third of the poem only.