by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Translation by Wilhelm August Detlof von Braun (1813 - 1860)
'Tis the last rose of summer
Language: English
'Tis the last rose of summer, Left blooming alone; All her lovely companions Are faded and gone; No flow'r of her kindred, No rosebud 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 [thy bed, Where]1 thy mates of the garden Lie [scentless]2 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?
About the headline (FAQ)
View text without footnotes1 Britten: "the bed/ Where"
2 Britten: "senseless"
Text Authorship:
- by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "'Tis the last rose of summer", appears in Irish Melodies, first published 1813 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by (Edward) Benjamin Britten (1913 - 1976), "The last rose of summer" [sung text checked 1 time]
- by Friedrich (Adolf Ferdinand) von Flotow (1812 - 1883), "'Tis the last rose of summer" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Adolph Martin Foerster (1854 - 1927), "'Tis the last rose of summer", op. 64 (Garland of Songs), Heft 1 no. 5 [sung text not yet checked]
- by Richard Lalli , "The last rose of summer" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Havelock Nelson (1917 - 1996), "The last rose of summer", published 1964 [ SSA chorus and piano ], London: Elkin [sung text not yet checked]
- by John Andrew Stevenson (1761 - 1833), "'Tis the last rose of summer" [sung text not yet checked]
- by Phyllis Margaret Duncan Tate (1911 - 1987), "The last rose of summer", published 1964 [ SATB chorus and piano ], London: Oxford University Press [sung text not yet checked]
Settings in other languages, adaptations, or excerpts:
- Also set in French (Français), a translation by Auguste Louis Charles de Messence, comte de La Garde-Chambonas (1783 - 1853?) [an adaptation] ; composed by Giulio Alary.
- Also set in German (Deutsch), a translation by Sophie von Reinhardt, Gräfin ; composed by Emilie Zumsteeg.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Karl Alfred Melin (1849 - 1919) ; composed by Frithiof Hertzman, Emil Sjögren.
- Also set in Swedish (Svenska), a translation by Wilhelm August Detlof von Braun (1813 - 1860) , "Ros i öknen" ; composed by Fredrika Wickman.
Other available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2024, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- DUT Dutch (Nederlands) (Guy A. J. Tops) , "’t Is de laatste roos van de zomer", copyright © 2016, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
- FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "C'est la dernière rose de l'été", copyright © 2014, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this page: Ted Perry
This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
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Word count: 114
Ros i öknen! älsklig, frisk och röd
Language: Swedish (Svenska) after the English
Ros i öknen! älsklig, frisk och röd, Står du ensam, ingen ser din glöd, Ingen bryter dig och friden stör; Du i tysthet lefver där och dör. Ros i öknen! lefde kvinnan så! Fri från smicker – glad och nöjd ändå! Ros i parken! olik är din lott: Du för andra blomstrar, doftar blott, Bryts du, dör din skönhet inom kort – Älskad för en stund, se’n kastad bort... Ros i parken! så är kvinnan dömd: Tillbedd, när hon blomstrar – vissnad, glömd.
About the headline (FAQ)
Confirmed with Wilhelm von Braun, Samlade dikter, Fjärde delen, Femte upplagan, Stockholm : Adolf Bonnier, 1902, p.216
Text Authorship:
- by Wilhelm August Detlof von Braun (1813 - 1860), "Ros i öknen" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Based on:
- a text in English by Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852), "'Tis the last rose of summer", appears in Irish Melodies, first published 1813
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Fredrika Wickman (b. 1852), "Rosen i öknen (", op. 4 (Tvenne romanser) no. 1, published 1867 [ voice and piano ], Stockholm : P.M. Andersson [sung text not yet checked]
Researcher for this page: Joost van der Linden [Guest Editor]
This text was added to the website: 2026-10-18
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Word count: 83