´Tis the last rose of summer
Left blooming all alone
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone
No flower of her kindred

No rose bud is nigh
To reflect back her blushes
And give sigh for sigh

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