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NORTHWEST AUTUMN by EDNA LIGHT DYER

First Line: THIS AUTUMN IS A GYPSY MAID
Last Line: AND TURN HER GARMENTS GRAY!
Subject(s): AUTUMN; SEASONS; FALL;

This Autumn is a Gypsy maid
Who stole an April moon
To dress herself in flame-chiffon
Beside a blue lagoon.

She gathers colors recklessly
To tangle in her hair,
And spills her perfume, apple ripe,
Upon the cool, crisp air.

She dances through gold-wooded hills
Half wild, a-gleam and gay,
But rain will brew a witch's curse
And turn her garments gray!



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