When The Leaves Fall.
jj ,-"' When the leaves fall off the trees ■ jj Everybody walks on them; ' jj g Once they had a time of ease §| j| ■ ' High above, and every breeze S fj Used to stay and talk to them. ■ ■ jj H ■ - H Then they were so debonair 8 Ss As they fluttered up and down; jj p .Dancing in the.sunny air, ' ' ■ §| Dancing without knowing there H m. , Was a gutter in the town. ''■ ■', ' ■ g Now they have no place at all! jj jj All the home that they can find 1 || Is-a gutter by a wall, . S I And the wind that waits their Jail jj ji Is an apache of a loind. • •■ g | —JAMES STEPHENS. |
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Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 14
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118When The Leaves Fall. Evening Post, Volume CXIII, Issue 129, 4 June 1927, Page 14
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