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THISTLEDOWN: 12. AUTUMN by CORA RANDALL FABBRI

First Line: SHE KINDLES FIRES IN EVERY TREE AND BUSH
Last Line: THEN AUTUMN DRAWS HER GRAY HOOD CLOSE AND DIES.
Subject(s): AUTUMN; SEASONS; FALL;
SHE kindles fires in every tree and bush—
The thicket flames with gold and crimsonred—
To keep bleak Winter far ere she is dead.
Thus Autumn fades off in a splendid flush.

A fainter, paler sun burns in her skies;
Her leaves at last drop off by one, by one—
Like the dull ashes of the fire that's done—
Then Autumn draws her gray hood close and dies.



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