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At The Window

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The pine-trees bend to listen to the autumn wind as it mutters     Something which sets the black poplars ashake with hysterical laughter;     While slowly the house of day is closing its eastern shutters.     Further down the valley the clustered tombstones recede,     Winding about their dimness the mist's grey cerements, after     The street lamps in the darkness have suddenly started to bleed.     The leaves fly over the window and utter a word as they pass     To the face that leans from the darkness, intent, with two dark-filled eyes     That watch for ever earnestly from behind the window glass.

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"The pine-trees bend to listen to the autumn wind as it mutters..."

This evocative piece by D. H. Lawrence (David Herbert Richards), titled "At The Window", represents a masterful exploration of classic. The lines capture a profound emotional resonance... ### Why We Love This Line At Linespedia, we believe that poetry is the ultimate sanctuary for the soul...

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"The Text is taken from Percy's Reliques (1765), vol. i. p. 71, 'given from two MS. copies, transmitted from Scotland.' Herd had a very similar bal"

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