Ontario Readers Third Book, The

<h2><SPAN name="Last" id="Last"></SPAN>'TIS THE LAST ROSE OF SUMMER</h2> <div class="poem"><div class="stanza"> <span>'Tis the last rose of summer<br/></span> <span class="i1">Left blooming alone;<br/></span> <span>All her lovely companions<br/></span> <span class="i1">Are faded and gone;<br/></span> <span>No flower of her kindred,<br/></span> <span class="i1">No rosebud is nigh,<br/></span> <span>To reflect back her blushes,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Or give sigh for sigh.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>I'll not leave thee, thou lone one!<br/></span> <span class="i1">To pine on the stem;<br/></span> <span>Since the lovely are sleeping,<br/></span> <span class="i1">Go, sleep thou with them.<br/></span> <span>Thus kindly I scatter<br/></span> <span class="i1">Thy leaves o'er the bed,<br/></span> <span>Where thy mates of the garden<br/></span> <span class="i1">Lie scentless and dead.<br/></span></div> <div class="stanza"> <span>So soon may I follow,<br/></span> <span class="i1">When friendships decay,<br/></span> <span>And from Love's shining circle<br/></span> <span class="i1">The gems drop away.<br/></span> <span>When true hearts lie withered,<br/></span> <span class="i1">And fond ones are flown,<br/></span> <span>Oh! who would inhabit<br/></span> <span class="i1">This bleak world alone!<br/></span></div> </div> <p class="citation"><span class="smcap">Moore</span></p> <hr style="width: 65%;" /> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />