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A RUBRIC by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: THE ASTER PUTS ITS PURPLE ON
Last Line: AND WINTER SPREADS THE PALL.
Subject(s): AUTUMN; SEASONS; FALL;
The aster puts its purple on
When flowers begin to fall
To suit the solemn antiphon
Of Autumn's ritual;

And deigns, unwearied, to stand
In robes pontifical
Till Indian Summer leaves the land,
And Winter spreads the pall.



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