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WINTER TREE by WALTER R. ADAMS

First Line: TO LEAVES THAT CROONED IN SUN AND RAIN
Last Line: THE FLAME ABOUT OUR FEET.
Subject(s): TREES; WINTER;
To leaves that crooned in sun and rain,
Though wheat-waves kissed and browned,
Stole curling frost -- and scarlet pain --
And sleep upon the ground.

And we who loved the leaf-clad limbs
And found the green notes sweet,
Look on in grief while winter dims
The flame about our feet.



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