Last Rose of Summer, The (Thomas Moore)
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Title: Last Rose of Summer, The
Composer: Sir John Andrew Stevenson (1761-1833)
Lyricist: Thomas Moore (1779-1852)
Number of voices: 1v Voicing: Solo Soprano
Genre: Secular, Folksongs
Language: English
Instruments: Piano
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Original text and translations
English text
'Tis the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone;
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone;
No flower of her kindred,
No rosebud is nigh,
To reflect back her blushes,
To give sigh for sigh.
I'll not leave thee, thou lone one!
To pine on the stem;
Since the lovely are sleeping,
Go, sleep thou with them.
Thus kindly I scatter
Thy leaves o’er the bed,
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie scentless and dead.
So soon may I follow,
When friendships decay,
And from Love’s shining circle
The gems drop away.
When true hearts lie withered
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?
