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THE FALL OF THE LEAVES by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON

First Line: DOWN THEY COME BY MILLIONS
Last Line: DOWN ALLEYS OLD OF THE OUTWORN YEAR.
Subject(s): AUTUMN; LEAVES; SEASONS; FALL;
DOWN they come by millions,
Pied and aspen things,
Dancing airy cotillions,
Drifting on wind-swept wings.
With a music delicate yet clear,
Thick they fall, in their painted cheer,
Down alleys old of the outworn year.



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