"There Is a Flower That Bloometh" (21 Feb 1846)
from "Selections from the New Grand Opera MARITANA" (No. 2 of 4).
Arranged for the Spanish Guitar by N. Andrew Baldwin
Composed by William Vincent Wallace, 1812-1865

New York: Firth & Hall, 1 Franklin Sq.
New York: Firth, Hall & Pond, 239 Broadway
Plate No. 3927
[Source: 410540@LoC]

1. 
There is a flower that bloometh,
When Autumn leaves are shed,
With the silent morn it peepeth,
The spring and summer fled,
The early frosts of winter,
Scarce its brow hath overcast,
Oh! pluck it e’er it wither,
’Tis the mem’ry of the past.
  Oh! pluck it e’er it wither,
  ’Tis the mem’ry, the mem’ry of the past.

2. 
It wafteth perfume o’er us,
Which few can e’er forget,
Of the bright scenes gone before us,
Of sweet tho’ sad regret,
Let no heart brave its power,
By guilty thoughts o’ercast,
For then a poison’d flower,
’Tis the mem’ry of the past.
  For then a poison’d flower,
  ’Tis the mem’ry, the mem’ry of the past.