The Last Rose Of Summer

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'Tis the last rose of summer, left blooming all alone

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All her lovely companions are faded and gone

No flower of her kindred, no rosebud is nigh___

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To reflect back her blushes or give sigh for sigh

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I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, to pine on the stem

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Since the lonely are sleeping, go sleep thou with them

Thus kindly I scatter thy leaves o'er the bed

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Where thy mates of__ the garden lie scentless and dead

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So soon may I follow when friendships decay

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And from love's shining circle the gems drop away

When true hearts lie withered and fond ones are flown__

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Oh, who would inhabit this bleak world alone?

(repeat and fade)

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