Full Lyrics
Adieu, fair flowers! since ye must go,
Those fateful words must fain be said,
And hearts that love ye saddened grow
When they behold ye sere and dead!
So sweet have ye through summer been
That ye have deep affection won,
Yet ye must go and quit the scene
Your beauty set its seal upon!
Adieu, fair flowers!
Companions of the golden hours!
It wings the heart
With thee to part,
But ye must go—
Adieu, fair flowers!
Adieu, fair flowers! ye only sleep,
Though to our eyes ye seem as dead,
And once again your buds will peep
When winter’s icy days have fled!
Till then you will in memory be
Held dear with all we prize the best,
And dreams that owe their birth to ye
Will picture scenes the loveliest!
Adieu, fair flowers!
Companions of the golden hours!
It wings the heart
With thee to part,
But ye must go—
Adieu, fair flowers!
