Alfred Deller sings “Have You Seen but a White Lily Grow“

Video footage of the countertenor performing this classic English song. Robert Spencer, lute. Link to My Alfred Deller playlist: Link to my Robert Spencer playlist: Have you seen but a bright lily grow Before rude hands have touched it? Have you marked but the fall of snow Before the soil hath smutched it? Have you felt the wool of beaver, Or swan’s down ever? Or have smelt o’ the bud o’ the brier, Or the nard in the fire? Or have tasted the bag of the bee? O so white, O so soft, O so sweet is she! (The text may differ from artist to artist. A “bright“ lily or a “white“ lily.)