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Autumn In King's Hintock Park

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Here by the baring bough      Raking up leaves,     Often I ponder how      Springtime deceives, -     I, an old woman now,      Raking up leaves.     Here in the avenue      Raking up leaves,     Lords' ladies pass in view,      Until one heaves     Sighs at life's russet hue,      Raking up leaves!     Just as my shape you see      Raking up leaves,     I saw, when fresh and free,      Those memory weaves     Into grey ghosts by me,      Raking up leaves.     Yet, Dear, though one may sigh,      Raking up leaves,     New leaves will dance on high -      Earth never grieves! -     Will not, when missed am I      Raking up leaves.     1901.

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