Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming at the twilight's last gleaming Tis the last rose of summer Left blooming alone All her lovely companions Are faded and gone No flower of her kindred Nor rosebud is mine To reflect back her blushes Or give sigh for sigh I'll not leave thee, thou lone one, To pine or to stare Since thou lov'd me, thou sleep'd me, Go sleep thou within Thus kindly I scatter Thy leaves to the wind Where thy maids of the garden Lie scentless and dead So slowly I follow When friendships decay And from love's shining circle Their tips drop away When true hearts die withered And found minds are flown A whole world inhabit This bleak world alone
