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The Last Rose of Summer The Last Rose of Summer is a song by German composer Friedrich von Flotow from his romantic comic opera Martha. In all, Flotow wrote about 30 operas. Many of these works were performed in different versions and under different titles, in German, French and sometimes other languages. Some survive, some are lost. All but Martha and Alessandro Stradella have fallen into relative obscurity, though there have been a number of attempts to revive other Flotow works in recent years. And originally The Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. It is set to a traditional tune called "Aislean an Oigfear" or "The Young Mans Dream", which had been transcribed by Edward Bunting in 1792 based on a performance by harper Donnchadh Ó hÁmsaigh (Denis Hempson) at the Belfast Harp Festival. The Lyrics of The Last Rose of Summer: 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 Ill 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 oer the bed Where thy mates of the garden Lie scentless and dead So Soon may I follow When friendships decay And from Loves shining circle The gems drop away When true hearts lie withered And fond ones are flown Oh! who would inhabit This bleak world alone