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 A breath, whence no man knows,
 Swaying the grating weeds, it blows;
  It comes, it grieves, it read more 
 A breath, whence no man knows,
 Swaying the grating weeds, it blows;
  It comes, it grieves, it goes.
   Once it rocked the summer rose. 
 O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained
 With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
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 O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained
 With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
  Beneath my shady roof; there thou mayest rest
   And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,
    And all the daughters of the year shall dance!
     Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers. 
 Thus sung the shepherds till th' approach of night,
 The skies yet blushing with departing light,
  When read more 
 Thus sung the shepherds till th' approach of night,
 The skies yet blushing with departing light,
  When falling dews with spangles deck'd the glade,
   And the low sun had lengthened every shade. 
 Autumn wins you best by this, its mute
 Appeal to sympathy for its decay.  
 Autumn wins you best by this, its mute
 Appeal to sympathy for its decay. 
 All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn,
 Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn.  
 All-cheering Plenty, with her flowing horn,
 Led yellow Autumn, wreath'd with nodding corn. 
 Third act of the eternal play!
 In poster-like emblazonries
  "Autumn once more begins today"--
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 Third act of the eternal play!
 In poster-like emblazonries
  "Autumn once more begins today"--
   'Tis written all across the trees
    In yellow like Chinese. 
 Autumn
 Into earth's lap does throw
  Brown apples gay in a game of play,
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 Autumn
 Into earth's lap does throw
  Brown apples gay in a game of play,
   As the equinoctials blow. 
 Earth's crammed with heaven,
 And every common bush afire with God;
  And only he who sees takes read more 
 Earth's crammed with heaven,
 And every common bush afire with God;
  And only he who sees takes off his shoes;
   The rest sit round it and pluck blackberries. 
 Sorrow and the scarlet leaf,
 Sad thoughts and sunny weather;
  Ah me! this glory and this grief
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 Sorrow and the scarlet leaf,
 Sad thoughts and sunny weather;
  Ah me! this glory and this grief
   Agree not well together!