“When true hearts lie wither'd
And fond ones are flown,
Oh, who would inhabit
This bleak world alone?”

—  Thomas Moore, The Last Rose of Summer

The Last Rose of Summer.
Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919)

Adopted from Wikiquote. Last update June 3, 2021. History

Help us to complete the source, original and additional information

Do you have more details about the quote "When true hearts lie wither'd And fond ones are flown, Oh, who would inhabit This bleak world alone?" by Thomas Moore?
Thomas Moore photo
Thomas Moore108
Irish poet, singer and songwriter 1779–1852

Related quotes

Bryan Adams photo

“Oh this heart's on fire.
Right from the start it's been burnin' for you.
Oh this heart's on fire.
One thing honey - this heart's true.”

Bryan Adams (1959) Canadian singer-songwriter

Hearts on Fire, Written by Bryan Adams and Jim Vallance
Song lyrics, Into the Fire (1987)

Henry Van Dyke photo

“So in the heart,
When, fading slowly down the past,
Fond memories depart,
And each that leaves it seems the last;
Long after all the rest are flown,
Returns a solitary tone,—
The after-echo of departed years,—
And touches all the soul to tears.”

Henry Van Dyke (1852–1933) American diplomat

The After-Echo, st. 2 (1871).

Thomas Haynes Bayly photo

“Oh, I have roamed o'er many lands,
And many friends I've met;
Not one fair scene or kindly smile
Can this fond heart forget.”

Thomas Haynes Bayly (1797–1839) English poet, songwriter, dramatist, and writer

Oh, steer my Bark to Erin's Isle, reported in Bartlett's Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. (1919).

Lawrence Durrell photo

“A city becomes a world when one loves one of its inhabitants.”

Lawrence Durrell book Justine

Source: The Alexandria Quartet (1957–1960), Justine (1957)

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton photo

“Too innocent for coquetry, too fond for idle scorning—
Oh friend, I fear the lightest heart makes sometimes heaviest mourning.”

Caroline Elizabeth Sarah Norton (1808–1877) English feminist, social reformer, and author

Bingen on the Rhine.

Lois McMaster Bujold photo

“The man who assumes everything is a lie is at least as mistaken as the one who assumes everything is true.”

Lois McMaster Bujold Vorkosigan Saga

Vorkosigan Saga, Brothers in Arms (1989)

Ed Harcourt photo

“And every word that you speak makes my heart sing when it's weak for often this outlook on life can be bleak.”

Ed Harcourt (1977) British musician

Bittersweetheart

Margaret Mitchell photo

“How wonderful to know someone who was bad and dishonorable and a cheat and a liar, when all the world was filled with people who would not lie to save their souls and who would rather starve than do a dishonorable deed!”

Margaret Mitchell book Vom Winde verweht (1937 German edition)

Source: Gone with the Wind

Nanak photo

“The one Lord who created the world is the Lord of all.
Fortunate is their advent into the world, whose hearts remain attached to God's service.
O foolish man, why hast thou forgotten Him?
When thou adjustest thine account, my friend, thou shalt be deemed educated.
The Primal Being is the Giver; He alone is true.
No account shall be due by the pious man who understandeth by means of these letters.”

Nanak (1469–1539) Founder of Sikhism

Life Of Guru Nanak: Chapter I

Leslie Feist photo

“Oh, oh, oh
You're changing your heart
Oh, oh, oh
You know who you are.”

Leslie Feist (1976) Canadian musician

"1 2 3 4" (written with Sally Seltmann)
The Reminder (2007)

Related topics