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ANDANTE FOR AUTUMN, by                    
First Line: Evening was brown and misty / the window
Last Line: Marched untriumphant past.
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Wind; Fall


Evening was brown and misty,
The window lights were paled;
The tired winds rejected
What things the earth exhaled.

Wings were heavy with earth-haze.
Thoughts old and ill-defined,
Abandoned flight and drooping
Fell back against the mind.

Then sleep, like a flag defeated,
Sank down beside its mast.
All night the victor armies
Marched untriumphant past.





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