SWEET relic of the slowly-waning year,
Who long with gentle, lingering, fond delay,
Behind thy beauteous ‘sociates still dost stay,
As if my senses and my heart to cheer,
Thou dost remind me of the parting friend,
Who softly sighing cannot say adieu,
But still would every tender vow renew,
Still some fond thought, some anxious care ‘commend.
Yet ah! I like thine must come the parting hour,
When memory only shall its sweets impart.
Now as I press thy leaves upon my heart,
Remembrance tearful, consecrates the flower
To friendship’s lingering sad, and soft adieu,
Which each late Rose of summer shall renew.
(Mrs. Walter Spencer)
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