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First Line: I walk through silent showers of golden leaves
Last Line: Abandon earth's abode and seek a fairer home.
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall


I walk through silent showers of golden leaves.
As startled from a dream, the bright fall'n things
Leap up and bind me in their magic rings,
Weird, whirling circles as an old witch weaves.
High up above the trees, a sea-gull cleaves
The moist, gray sky, now up, now down, nor sings
One note; -- no music Autumn with her brings
Except the wind that lulls while it bereaves.
A slender elm twig, trembling with the care,
Supports an oriole's deserted nest;
The brilliant bird flies now in southern air
Where ruffling cold no longer chills her breast.
So shall the soul when frosty fall days come,
Abandon earth's abode and seek a fairer home.





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