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COME TO THE PARK by STEFAN GEORGE

First Line: COME TO THE PARK NOW LEFT FOR DEAD AND SEE
Last Line: LIGHTLY ABOVE THE AUTUMNAL COUNTENANCE ·
Subject(s): PARKS;
Come to the park now left for dead and see:
The shimmer of far shores whose smile is cool.
The startling blue of clouds whose clarity
Brightens the motley paths and every pool.

Take the deep yellow · and the velvet grey
Of birch and box · this wind remembers May ·
The tardy roses not quite withered drip
Fragrance · then pluck and touch each petalled lip ·

Nor pass these final asters' radiance ·
The purple caught in tendrils of wild vine
And what remains of green life intertwine
Lightly above the autumnal countenance ·



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