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September On Cape Ann

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The partridge-berry flecks with flame the way     That leads to ferny hollows where the bee     Drones on the aster. Far away the sea     Points its deep sapphire with a gleam of grey.     Here from this height where, clustered sweet, the bay     Clumps a green couch, the haw and barberry     Beading her hair, sad Summer, seemingly,     Has fallen asleep, unmindful of the day.     The chipmunk barks upon the old stone wall;     And in the shadows, like a shadow, stirs     The woodchuck where the boneset's blossom creams.     Was that a phoebe with its pensive call?     A sighing wind that shook the drowsy firs?     Or only Summer waking from her dreams?

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