Comes in upon the year and weakly grieves,

Mumbling his lost desires and his despair;

And with mad, trembling hand still interweaves

The dank sear flower-stalks tangled in his hair,

While round about him whirl the rotten leaves.


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Obvious typographical errors have been corrected.