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REAPER by MARGARET FRASER

First Line: I GATHERED THE EVENING THAT LAY
Last Line: OF MY SCYTHE?
Subject(s): HARVEST;

I gathered the evening that lay
Field on field to the sea;
I have gathered, and they will find
Few sheaves of twilight to bind,
Who glean after me.

Swath upon swath I have laid
At my feet and bound with green withe.
Did you hear the dusk falling, soft heap
Upon heap? Did you hear the slow sweep
Of my scythe?



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