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Feuilles D'Automne

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Gather the leaves from the forest     And blow them over the world,     The wind of winter follows     The wind of autumn furled.     Only the beech tree cherishes     A leaf or two for ruth,     Their stems too tough for the tempest,     Like thoughts of love and of youth.     You may sit by the fire and ponder     While darkness veils the pane,     And fear that your memories are rushing away     In the wind and the rain.     But you'll find them in the quiet     When the clouds race with the moon,     Making the tender silver sound     Of a beech in the month of June.     For you cannot rob the memory     Of the leaves it loves the best;     The wind of time may harry them,     It rushes away with the rest.

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