From the sheet music in the Levy collection:

"Melodies of the Harmoneons"
Faded Flowers.
Words by J. H. Brown; music by James Power.
Boston: G.P. Reed & Co., 1851.

Oh, the flow'rs that I saw in the wildwood,
    Have since drooped their beautiful leaves
And the many dear friends of my childhood
    Have slumber'd for years in their graves!
Oh, the bloom of the flow'rs I remember,
    And the smiles I shall never more shall see;
For the cold chilly mists of December
    Stole my flow'rs and companions from me.

Other roses may bloom on the morrow,
    And many a friend have I won;
Yet my heart it can part but with sorrow,
    When I think of the ones that have gone.
'Tis no wonder that I broken hearted,
    And stricken with sorrow should be!
We have met, we have lov'd, we have parted,
    My flow'rs, my companions, and me!

Oh! how dark looks this world, and how dreary,
    When we part from the ones that we love;
But there's rest for the faint and the weary,
    And friends meet with lost ones above!
And in Heaven I can but remember,
    When from Earth my proud soul shall be free,
Then no cold chilly winds of December,
    Can part my companions from me!