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PHANTASUS: 3, 25 by ARNO HOLZ

First Line: IN SERE WREATHS / AUTIMN IS SWAYING
Last Line: INTO A MIRRORED PARADISE.

In sere wreaths
autumn is swaying.

Crimson leaves
flutter,
fall.

Mist
is gathering,
crows croak.

Yet once more,
wearily,
the sun is shining.

On the still lake,
upon the little bridge,
leaning over the old, crooked, moss-rotted, wooden railings

under the dark,
gigantic plane-trees' serpent-colored branches,
I stand and stare
into a mirrored Paradise.



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