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TORCH-LIGHT IN AUTUM by JOHN JAMES PIATT

First Line: I LIFT THIS SUMACH-BOUGH WITH CRIMSON FLARE
Last Line: IN AUTUMN'S FUNERAL TRAIN.

I LIFT this sumach-bough with crimson flare,
And, touched with subtle pangs of dreamy pain,
Through the dark wood a torch I seem to bear
In Autumn's funeral train.



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