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Fair pledges of a fruitful tree,
Why do ye fall so fast?
Your date is not so past,
But you may stay yet here awhile
To blush and gently smile,
And go at last.
What, were ye born to be An hour or half's delight,
And so to bid goodnight?
'Twas pity Nature brought yeforth
Merely to show your worth,
And lose you quite.
But you are lovely leaves,
where we May read how soon things have
Their end, though ne'er so brave:
And after they have shown their pride
Like you, awhile, they glide Into the grave.