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AN AUTUMNAL EVENING by WILLIAM SHARP

First Line: DEEP BLACK AGAINST THE DYING GLOW
Last Line: GREAT DUSKY MOTHS GO FLITTING BY.
Subject(s): AUTUMN; ELM TREES; EVENING; SEASONS; FALL; SUNSET; TWILIGHT;

Deep black against the dying glow
The tall elms stand; the rooks are still;
No windbreath makes the faintest thrill
Amongst the leaves; the fields below
Are vague and dim in twilight shades --
Only the bats wheel in their raids

On the grey flies, and silently
Great dusky moths go flitting by.



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