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FIRST WINTER SONG by ANONYMOUS

First Line: TAKE MY TIDINGS!
Last Line: TAKE MY TIDINGS!

Take my tidings!
Stags contend;
Snows descend--
Summer's end!

A chill wind raging;
The sun low keeping;
Swift to set
O'er seas high sweeping.

Dull red the fern;
Shapes are shadows;
Wild geese mourn
O'er misty meadows.

Keen cold limes
Each weaker wing.
Icy times--
Such I sing!
Take my tidings!



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