Lily Pons "Last Rose of Summer" (1940)

The Last Rose of Summer Words by Thomas Moore Music by John Stevenson Performed by Lily Pons Victor String Orchestra Recorded 1940 "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, and this was published in a collection of Moore's work called "Irish Melodies." Lily Pons, (1898 -

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