Where the Rose Is Sown Where the Rose Is Sown Where the Rose is Sown is a song by Scottish rock band Big Country, released in 1984 as the second single from their second studio album "Steeltown". It was written by Big Country and produced by Steve Lillywhite. "Where the Rose Is Sown" peaked at No. 29 in the UK and No. 25 in Ireland. A music video was filmed to promote the single. It received medium rotation on MTV. Upon release, Lesley White of "Smash Hits" commented: "More of the same from the frustrated messiahs of contemporary rock. A treat for lovers of "real
The Romaunt of the Rose The Romaunt of the Rose The Romaunt of the Rose ("the Romaunt") is a partial translation into Middle English of the French allegorical poem, "le Roman de la Rose" ("le Roman"). Originally believed to be the work of Chaucer, "the Romaunt" inspired controversy among 19th-century scholars when parts of the text were found to differ in style from Chaucer's other works. Also the text was found to contain three distinct fragments of translation. Together, the fragments—A, B, and C--provide a translation of approximately one-third of "Le Roman". There is little doubt that Chaucer did translate "Le Roman de la Rose"