Kesän viimeinen ruusu

(ap riemuitsee, ulkomuistista!)



' 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 give sigh for sigh



I' ll not leave thee thou the lone 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 bed

where thy mates of the garden lie scentless and dead



so soon may i follow

when friendships decay

from love' s shining circle

the gems drop away

where true hearts lie withered

and fond ones are flown

oh who would inhabit this bleak world alone?



(Thomas Moore)