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First Line: Round about me hum the winds of autumn
Last Line: Spreads as a river.
Subject(s): Aphrodite; Love - Erotic; Love; Mythology - Classical


ROUND about me hum the winds of autumn,
Cool between the apple boughs: and slumber,
Flowing from the quivering leaves to earthward,
Spreads as a river.





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