265. The Last Rose of Summer by Thomas Moore
b'T Moore read by Classic Poetry Aloud:\\nhttp://www.classicpoetryaloud.com/\\n\\nGiving voice to the poetry of the past.\\n\\n---------------------------------------------\\n\\nThe Last Rose of Summer\\nby Thomas Moore(1779 \\u2013 1852)\\n\\n\\n\\u2019Tis the last rose of summer\\n Left blooming alone;\\nAll her lovely companions\\n Are faded and gone;\\nNo flower of her kindred, \\n No rosebud is nigh,\\nTo reflect back her blushes,\\n To give sigh for sigh.\\n\\nI\\u2019ll not leave thee, thou lone one!\\n To pine on the stem; \\nSince the lovely are sleeping,\\n Go, sleep thou with them.\\nThus kindly I scatter\\n Thy leaves o\\u2019er the bed,\\nWhere thy mates of the garden \\n Lie scentless and dead.\\n\\nSo soon may I follow,\\n When friendships decay,\\nAnd from Love\\u2019s shining circle\\n The gems drop away.\\nWhen true hearts lie withered\\n And fond ones are flown,\\nOh! who would inhabit\\n This bleak world alone?\\n\\n\\nFor hundreds more poetry readings, visit the Classic Poetry Aloud index.\\n\\nReading \\xa9 Classic Poetry Aloud 2008'