Sarah English - Vocal, Piano & Arrangement
Traditional Irish tune
~*~*~*~*~a brief History~*~*~*~*~
Lyrics written by Irish poet, Thomas Moore in 1805.
Sir John Stevenson set the poem to its widely-known melody, and this was published in a collection of Moore's work called Irish Melodies (1807-34).
The song was used in Friedrich von Flotow's opera, Martha, which premiered in 1847 in Vienna.

~*~*~*~*~Lyrics~*~*~*~*~*~*~
'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,
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?

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