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【Aria】The Last Rose of Summer ╬ performed by Laura Kathryn Wright. ※ Music by: John Andrew Stevenson (1813) ※ Lyrics by: Thomas Moore (1805) ※ Arranged by: Patrick Hawes ※ Performed by: Laura …More
【Aria】The Last Rose of Summer ╬ performed by Laura Kathryn Wright.

※ Music by: John Andrew Stevenson (1813)
※ Lyrics by: Thomas Moore (1805)
※ Arranged by: Patrick Hawes
※ Performed by: Laura Kathryn Wright (a singer of All Angels)
※ Accompanied by: The Toki Quartet & Patrick Hawes on piano
※ Recorded at: St. John the Baptist Church, Peterborough (Nov. 26, 2011)

§ Lyrics §

'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 wither'd,
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?