The Last Rose Of Summer-Thomas Moore/Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten

[ti:The Last Rose Of Summer] [ar:Sir Peter Pears] [al:Ireland's Call: Songs From The Land Of Giants] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Last Rose Of Summer - Thomas Moore/Peter Pears/Benjamin Britten [00:11.63]'Tis the last rose of summer [00:19.47] [00:20.01]Left blooming alone [00:26.34] [00:27.42]All her lovely companions [00:33.79] [00:34.71]Are faded and gone [00:41.96] [00:42.69]No flower of her kindred [00:49.34]No rosebud is nigh [01:01.28]To reflect back her blushes [01:09.22] [01:09.76]Or give sigh for sigh [01:19.05] [01:21.52]I'll not leave thee thou lone one [01:28.97]To pine on the stem [01:35.11] [01:35.85]Since the lovely are sleeping [01:44.21]Go sleep thou with them [01:51.36]Thus kindly I scatter [01:58.09]Thy leaves o'er the bed [02:10.13] [02:11.21]Where thy mates of the garden [02:21.05]Lie scentless and dead [02:30.49] [02:33.41]So soon may I follow [02:39.99]When friendships decay [02:44.88] [02:45.43]And from love's shining circle [02:51.04]The gems drop away [02:56.57]When true hearts lie withered [03:01.29]And fond ones are flown [03:15.78] [03:16.64]Oh who would inhabit [03:28.30] [03:28.98]This bleak world alone