If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and… - Thomas Moore

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If thou would'st have me sing and play
As once I play'd and sung,
First take this time-worn lute away,
And bring one freshly strung.

Thomas Moore

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Thomas Moore (May 28, 1779 – February 25, 1852) was an Irish poet and hymnist, now best remembered for the lyrics of The Last Rose of Summer.

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Alternative Names: Tom Moore • Anacreon Moore • Thomas, the younger Brown • Thomas Little • Thomas Mur • Tomas Mur • Thomas Brown • Thomas Brown the younger

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There's a bower of roses by Bendemeer's stream,
And the nightingale sings round it all the day long;
In the time of my childhood 'twas like a sweet dream,
To sit in the roses and hear the bird's song.

And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers
Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

You may break, you may shatter the vase, if you will,
But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.

If thou would'st have me sing and play As once I play'd and sung, First take this time-worn lute away, And bring one freshly strung. - Thomas Moore

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