Like to the Damask Rose Text: Simon Wastell (or Francis Quarles) Music: Edward Elgar, from Edward Elgar's 7 Lieder Like to (as) the damask rose you see, Or like the blossom on a (the) tree, Or like the dainty flow'r of May, Or like the morning of (to) the day, Or like the sun, or like the shade, Or like the gourd which Jonas had, Even such is man, whose thread is spun, Drawn o..