Roger Quilter - A Last Year's Rose
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From the brake the Nightingale
Sings exulting to the Rose;
Though he sees her waxing pale
In her passionate repose
While she triumphs waxing frail
Fading even while she glows;
Though he knows
How it goes -
Knows of last year's Nightingale
Dead with last year's Rose
Wise the enamoured Nightingale
Wise the well-beloved Rose!
Love and life shall still prevail
Nor the silеnce at the close
Brеak the magic of the tale
In the telling, though it shows -
Who but knows
How it goes!
Life a last year's Nightingale
Love a last year's Rose
Sings exulting to the Rose;
Though he sees her waxing pale
In her passionate repose
While she triumphs waxing frail
Fading even while she glows;
Though he knows
How it goes -
Knows of last year's Nightingale
Dead with last year's Rose
Wise the enamoured Nightingale
Wise the well-beloved Rose!
Love and life shall still prevail
Nor the silеnce at the close
Brеak the magic of the tale
In the telling, though it shows -
Who but knows
How it goes!
Life a last year's Nightingale
Love a last year's Rose
