Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER, by THOMAS MOORE


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First Line: Tis the last rose of summer
Last Line: This bleak world alone?
Alternate Author Name(s): Little, Thomas
Subject(s): Autumn; Flowers; Grief; Roses; Seasons; Fall; Sorrow; Sadness


'T is 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,
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,
O, who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?




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