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AUTUMN SONG by PAUL VERLAINE

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First Line: THE HEAVY THRALL / OF THE SOBBING CALL
Last Line: DEAD LEAF.
Subject(s): AUTUMN;
The heavy thrall
Of the sobbing call
Of the fall
Weighs, nor departs,
Like my heart's
Pall.

Overcome
And dumb,
As the hours creep
I see the haze
Of olden days
And weep.

And I go away
The wind's prey,
In barren, brief
Whirl hither and yon
Like a wan
Dead leaf.



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