Life is a waste of wearisome hours Which seldom the rose of… - Thomas Moore

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Life is a waste of wearisome hours
Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns;
And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers,
Is always the first to be touch'd by the thorns.

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

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Letitia Elizabeth Landon Lord Byron Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Alfred Tennyson William Butler Yeats

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No, the heart that has truly lov'd never forgets,
But as truly loves on to the close;
As the sunflower turns on her god when he sets
The same look which she turn'd when he rose.

And when once the young heart of a maiden is stolen,
The maiden herself will steal after it soon.

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

Life is a waste of wearisome hours Which seldom the rose of enjoyment adorns; And the heart that is soonest awake to the flowers, Is always the first… - Thomas Moore

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