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The Crown of the Year · Ririro.com - Poetry

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Speaker 1: The crown of the year. Ah, happy morning of autumn sweet,
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Speaker 1: Yet ripe and rich with summer's heat. Near me each
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Speaker 1: humble flower and weed, The dock's rich umber gone to seed,
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Speaker 1: The hawkbit's gold, the bayberry's spice, One late wild rose
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Speaker 1: beyond all price. Each is a friend, and all are dear,
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Speaker 1: Pathetic signs of the waning year. The painted rose leaves,
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Speaker 1: how they glow! Like crimson wine the woodbines show, the
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Speaker 1: wholesome yarrow's clusters fine, like frosted silver dimly shine. And
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Speaker 1: who thy quaintest charm shall tell? Thou little scarlet pimpernel?
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Speaker 1: In the mellow golden autumn days, when the world is
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Speaker 1: zoned in their purple haze, a spirit of beauty walks
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Speaker 1: abroad that fills the heart with peace of God. The
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Speaker 1: spring and summer may bless and cheer, but autumn brings
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Speaker 1: us the crown of the year.