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A NIGHT IN NOVEMBER by THOMAS HARDY

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First Line: I MARKED WHEN THE WEATHER CHANGED
Last Line: AND SAYING AT LAST YOU KNEW!

I MARKED when the weather changed,
And the panes began to quake,
And the winds rose up and ranged,
That night, lying half-awake.

Dead leaves blew into my room,
And alighted upon my bed,
And a tree declared to the gloom
Its sorrow that they were shed.

One leaf of them touched my hand,
And I thought that it was you
There stood as you used to stand,
And saying at last you knew!




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