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Andrew Macphail, comp. The Book of Sorrow. 1916.

In Autumn

Arthur Reed Ropes (“Adrian Ross”) (1859–1933)

OVER the grave in the grass,

Dead leaves eddy and play;

Dead leaves, and the wind grieves

All night and day.

Under the grass of the grave,

Lips, that were red, are white;

Dead lips, and the rain drips

All day and night.