A Scentless Rose - song lyrics 
American Old-time song lyrics from www.traditionalmusic.co.uk 
A SCENTLESS ROSE. Copyright, 1879, by S. Turney. Words and Music by Frank Conway. 
We meet, but not as once we met, With secret throbs of heart-felt pain. With jealous fears, that fond regret Oft Kindled into joy again; Alas! we meet as strangers now, No jealous fears our lips unclose: The victim of a broken vow, My life is like a scentless rose. The victim of a broken vow, My life is like a scentless rose. 
We part, but not affection's tears Bedew our long and last farewell; The past recall'd in future years Will seem to toil its mem'ry's knell; But heaven grant that love may shed Around thy life a sweet repose; To me its fragrance now hath fled, My life is like a scentless rose. To me its fragrance now hath fled, My life is like a scentless rose.