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Emily Dickinson · Poems

Poem 72 of 446 · First Series: Nature

Autumn

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The morns are meeker than they were, The nuts are getting brown; The berry's cheek is plumper, The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf, The field a scarlet gown. Lest I should be old-fashioned, I'll put a trinket on.

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