This the last rose of summer Left blooming alone;All her lovely companions Are faded and gone;No flower of her kindred,No rose-bud is nigh,to reflect back her blushes,Or 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.
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,O! who would inhabit This bleak world alone? |