BookBirdDog (BookDilettante): Wordless Wednesday: Last Rose of Summer

Oct 3, 2012

Wordless Wednesday: Last Rose of Summer

Wordless Wednesday:The last rose of summer has a Georgia O'Keefe feel about it.

The Last Rose of Summer

Thomas Moore(1779–1852)


’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,
To 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 withered
And fond ones are flown,
Oh! who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?

(from Bartleby.com : Great Books on Line)

9 comments:

ZibileeOctober 3, 2012 at 11:29 AM
Oh, the colors are so beautiful! I love roses that have 2 or 3 colors to them. Great capture!
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AnonymousOctober 3, 2012 at 11:43 AM
Very pretty, my roses are still blooming too but not for long!
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The BookwormOctober 3, 2012 at 1:55 PM
So so pretty! My roses are still in bloom as well. It's sad to think they are the last ones of the season.
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Meg @ write meg!October 3, 2012 at 2:10 PM
And it's a gorgeous one!
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Karen RussellOctober 3, 2012 at 8:41 PM
Wow, you are right -- very O'Keefeian. :D Lovely, and thanks for posting as it's been nothing but cloudy and gray where I live.
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(Diane) Bibliophile By the SeaOctober 3, 2012 at 9:31 PM
What a beautiful rose. Sorry to see the last of them for a while.
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SukoOctober 3, 2012 at 11:02 PM
That is so beautiful! The colors are gorgeous.
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AnonymousOctober 4, 2012 at 9:18 AM
It's beautiful. Glad I didn't miss it.
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StaciOctober 8, 2012 at 8:20 PM
Absolutely gorgeous!! Can you believe how fast the weather has turned?
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