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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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THE FALL OF THE LEAF:

ODE TO CLAUDE SPENCER, ESQ.;

ODE. ROCHEFORD'S RESOLUTION.

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ODE TO HER WHO WILL UNDERSTAND IT.

HYMN TO THE VIRGIN:

THE EOLIAN HARP.

THE BRIDESMAID AND THE WATER-SPIRIT.

HYMN TO THE MOON.

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II.

Ah!—I had wish'd the humble lot,
To live in some sequester'd spot;
Where, studious of divine repose,
Life's weary journey I might close.