Last Rose - Anna Meredith

'Tis the last rose of summer left blooming alone

All her lovely companions are faded and gone

Faded and gone faded and gone

No flower of her kindred, no rosebud is nigh

To reflect back her blushes and 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

So soon may I follow when friendships decay

And her love’s shining circle the gems drop away

Drop away drop away

No flower of her kindred, no rosebud is nigh

To reflect back her blushes and give sigh for sigh

When true hearts lie withered and fond ones are flown

Oh who would inhabit this bleak world alone?