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I.
Bloom for us a little longer,Last Rose of the summer hours!
May your drooping stem grow stronger
Kissed by silvery dew and showers.
The Flower-Queen gave a fragrant sigh,
Whispering with her sad good-bye!
“Lonely, oh! so lonely!”
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II.
Last leaf of the forest clingingIn the chill autumnal blast!
Listen to wild voices singing
Of sweet things too bright to last;
Tongue the leaf in falling found
Singing with a rustling sound,
“Lonely, oh! so lonely!”
III.
Poet holding once communionWith the forms of beauty flown,
Rent are golden cords of union,
And thou wanderest alone:
Answered, pale and evil-starred,
With a wailing voice the Bard,
“Lonely, oh! so lonely!”
IV.
Let me cross the mystic river,Let me walk the radiant shore!
From the bonds of clay deliver
One in love with earth no more:
Here, where fairest forms conceal
Oft such hollow heart, I feel
“Lonely, oh! so lonely!”
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