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SEMPITERNAL by NETTIE ARVILLA DOWNEY

First Line: FANFARONADE DID AUTUMN FLING
Last Line: THEN SPENT HER DAYS IN ORISON.
Fanfaronade did Autumn fling,
An accolade to garnering.
Splashed Summer's raiment brazonly;
Lashed rainbow tints on every tree.
When undone her riotous flame,
A nun in umber she became
Penitent for orgies gone,
Then spent her days in orison.



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