AN AUTUMN REVERIE.

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BY WILLIAM FALCONER.

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Hail! ye lone woods, in Nature’s mourning clad;

Hail! ye sere leaves, low melting in the breeze;

Meet is thy reign, pale Autumn, for the sad,

And soft thy solace for the mind’s disease;

Again I hail thee, sabbath of the year!

Upon us kindly smile, for Winter winds are near!