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The Fall of the Leaf

And Other Poems. By Charles Bucke ... Fourth Edition
Bucke, Charles (1781-1846)
  
[epigraph]
  
[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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VII. SONG.
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HYMN TO THE MOON.

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XVIII.

Full many a path, which ne'er before
The maid had seen, she traversed o'er;
While many a flower of dubious hue
Their fragrance o'er the midnight threw;
Though now was heard no eager hum
Of loaded bee returning home.
But as he slew each sleeping bird,
The sound of distant kite was heard.
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And now the scene is thrill'd with fright!
For, riding on the wing of night,
Loud cries of wolves spread wild alarm,
From wood to wood, from farm to farm.
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