Last Rose of Summer 🌺

~ PD synth music & photo by kathy
Last Rose of Summer PD sheet music
https://www.loc.gov/item/sm1878.00017/
The Library of Congress Music for the Nation: American Sheet Music, ca. 1870 to 1885 collection is in the public domain and is free to use and reuse.

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Music Division

"The Last Rose of Summer "
PD Poem by Thomas Moore 1779 – 1852

‘Tis 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.

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?

This poem is in the public domain.

Thomas Moore was born in Dublin, Ireland, on May 28, 1779. The son of a wine merchant, he graduated from Trinity College in 1799 and went on to study law in London. A poet, satirist, and composer, Moore was the author of numerous long poems and volumes of poetry and prose, including Irish Melodies (1807-34), The Spirit of the Age (1825) and a biography of Lord Byron. He died on February 25, 1852.
https://poets.org/poem/last-rose-summer