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TANKA: 4 by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT

First Line: INTO MY ROOM FLEW
Last Line: NIGHT HURLED A WITHERED, RED LEAF.

Into my room flew
Once in the spring a song-bird
Dazed with joy of dawn.
But in the fall, on my bed,
Night hurled a withered, red leaf.



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