Lyrics:

'Tis the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone
All her lovely companions
Are faded and gone
No flower of her kindred
No rosebud is nigh
To reflect back her blushes
Or to give sight for sight

I'll not leave thee, thou loved 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 path
Where thy mates of the garden
Lie scentless and dead
So soon may I follow
When friendships decay
And from love's shining circle
All the gems drop away
When true hearts lie withered
And fond ones are flown
Oh! who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?

'Tis the last rose of summer
Left blooming alone