The Last Rose of Summer

The Last Rose of Summer Beaded Bead - designed for Rutkovsky Beads 

June 2020 with their Peony Petal Beads.

"The Last Rose of Summer" 

is a poem by the Irish poet Thomas Moore. He wrote it in 1805, while staying at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland, where he was said to have been inspired by a specimen of Rosa 'Old Blush'. Wikipedia

„Poslední růže léta“ je báseň irského básníka Thomase Moora . Napsal ji v roce 1805, když pobýval v parku Jenkinstown v hrabství Kilkenny v Irsku, kde byl údajně inspirován růží „Old Blush“.

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!

 

I'll 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 o'er the bed,

Where thy mates of the garden

    Lie scentless and dead.

 

So soon may I follow,

    When friendships decay,

And from love's shining circle

    The gems drop away!

When true hearts lie wither'd,

    And fond ones are flown,

Oh! who would inhabit

    This bleak world alone?

 

The young girl in the picture is my grandmother Elena 🌸