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THE UNTHRIFT by JOHN FREEMAN

First Line: HERE IN THE SHADE OF THE TREE
Last Line: IS GONE.
Subject(s): OLD AGE; SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;

HERE in the shade of the tree
The hours go by
Silent and swift,
Lightly as birds fly.
Then the deep clouds broaden and drift,
Or the cloudless darkness and the worn moon.
Waking, the dreamer knows he is old,
And the day that he dreamed was gone
Is gone.



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