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Green Leaves and Sere

By Mathilde Blind (1841–1896)

THREE tall poplars beside the pool

Shiver and moan in the gusty blast;

The carded clouds are blown like wool,

And the yellowing leaves fly thick and fast.

The leaves, now driven before the blast,

Now flung by fits on the curdling pool,

Are tossed heaven-high and dropped at last

As if at the whim of a jabbering fool.

O leaves, once rustling green and cool!

Two met here where one moans aghast

With wild heart heaving towards the past:

Three tall poplars beside the pool.

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