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The Fall of the Leaf

And Other Poems. By Charles Bucke ... Fourth Edition
Bucke, Charles (1781-1846)
  
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[dedication]

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THE FALL OF THE LEAF:
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LINES
  
ODE
  
ODE TO JULIA;
  
ODE TO CLAUDE SPENCER, ESQ.;
  
ODE. ROCHEFORD'S RESOLUTION.
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ODE
  
ODE TO HER WHO WILL UNDERSTAND IT.
  
ODE
  
ODE.
  
HYMN TO THE VIRGIN:
  
THE EOLIAN HARP.
  
CANZONET.
  
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THE BRIDESMAID AND THE WATER-SPIRIT.
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HYMN TO THE MOON.
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Then we will pay a visit to the herd,
That graze near yonder castle's ruin'd walls,
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Listless how strong the rushing tide comes in.
Listless and senseless!—like the human herd,
Dead to the charms of Nature; though alive
To all the stronger passions of the heart.
Electric oft where reason should command;
And cool and temperate when to feel were virtue.
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