Title:
Last Rose of Summer, The
Additional Title:
First Line:
'Tis the last Rose of Summer, left blooming alone
First Line of Chorus:
Additional Names:
Publication Date:
1870
Instrumentation:
Piano
Voice
Subject:
N/A
WIMA Collections:
Alfred Concanen Collection
ID:
AlCon SL 00-072
Publisher:
Howard & Co
Publication Place:
London
Historical Notes
The Last Rose of Summer is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at Jenkinstown Park in County Kilkenny, Ireland. Sir John Stevenson set the poem to its widely known melody, which was published in December 1813 in volume 5 of a collection of Moore's work called A Section of Irish Melodies.
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