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ACHERONTIC CHILL by FRIEDRICH ADOLF AXEL DETLEV VON LILIENCRON

First Line: NOW STARLINGS NIBBLE THE RED ROWANBERRY
Last Line: THAT BEARS ME OVER TO FRORE SILENCES.

Now starlings nibble the red rowanberry,
and harvest viols summon lustiness;
oh, wait, soon autumn with her shears will harry
the forests till they stand in shorn distress;
then in the woods plucked penury will tarry,
through naked boughs a little stream will press
and drowsily drive toward my shore the ferry
that bears me over to frore silences.



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