Words by L. T. RUTLEDGE 
Music by H. P. DANKS 
1. Bright - est ros - es fade and with - er, 
2. Life is sweet! hut not for - ev - er 
3. Fraught with Hopes for but to - mor - row, 
Andante cantdbile. 
of beau - ty fall a - way, 
it strewn with sweet per-fume, 
will be a hap - py day! 
Chills 
For 
When 
of Au - tumn hast - en 
some chill - ing frost will 
it comes it brings but 
Cloud - ing o’er the sun of 
It from beau - ty, peace and 
Cast - ing all our hopes a - 
ing, sigh - ing, fall - ing, dy - ing, 
ing it on Time’s dark riv - er— 
the fu - ture see a gleaming 
On the ground they thick - ly - lie,- 
On Time’s dark and roll - ing tide, 
Of a hap - py “ bye - and - bye, 
May; 
bloom 
way; 
Flow’rs of beau - ty soft - ly 
Leav - ing it to drift and 
When it comes, ’tis but a 
Chorus, 
SOPR’O. 
AITO.^ 
sigh 
shiv 
seem 
TENOR. 
Soon the Au-tumn hast-ens hith 
soft - ly sigh, Soon the Au - tumn hast 
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