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Now have I fed and eaten up the rose

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Now have I fed and eaten up the rose

text by James Joyce after Gottfried Keller music by Barber, Samuel
Barber, Samuel

Now have I fed and eaten up the rose

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Now
have
I
fed
and
eaten
up
the
roseˈʁoːzə
Which
then
she
laid
within
mymyː
stiffcold
handhant
.
That
I
should
ever
feedfiːt
upon
a
roseˈʁoːzə
I
never
had
believed
inɪn
liveman's
landlant
.
Only
I
wonder
wasvas
itaɪ̯ˈtiː
white
or
redʁeːt
The
flower
that
inɪn
the
darkness
mymyː
foodfuːt
has
been
.
Give
usuːˈʔɛs
,
and
if
Thou
give
,
thy
daily
bread
,
Deliver
usuːˈʔɛs
from
evil
,
Lordlɔʁt
,
Amenˈaːmən
.
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