Ralph Waldo Emerson

THE LEAVES HAD A WONDERFUL FROLIC,
THEY DANCED TO THE WINDS LOUD SONG,
THEY WHIRLED, AND THEY FLOATED AND SCAMPERED,
THEY CIRCLED AND FLEW ALONG,
THE MOON SAW THE LITTLE LEAVES DANCING,
EACH LOOKED LIKE A SMALL BROWN BIRD,
THE MAN IN THE MOON SMILED AND LISTENED,
AND THIS IS THE SONG HE HEARD,
THE NORTH WIND IS CALLING, IS CALLING,
AND WE MUST WHIRL ROUND AND ROUND,
AND THEN, WHEN OUR DANCING IS ENDED,
WE'LL MAKE A WARM QUILT FOR THE GROUND'
THEY WHIRLED, AND THEY FLOATED AND SCAMPERED,
THEY CIRCLED AND FLEW ALONG,
THE MOON SAW THE LITTLE LEAVES DANCING,
EACH LOOKED LIKE A SMALL BROWN BIRD,
THE MAN IN THE MOON SMILED AND LISTENED,
AND THIS IS THE SONG HE HEARD,
THE NORTH WIND IS CALLING, IS CALLING,
AND WE MUST WHIRL ROUND AND ROUND,
AND THEN, WHEN OUR DANCING IS ENDED,
WE'LL MAKE A WARM QUILT FOR THE GROUND'
EVERY LEAF SPEAKS BLISS TO ME, FLUTTERING FROM THE AUTUMN TREE. Emily Bronte
COME LITTLE LEAVES............................."COME LITTLE LEAVES", SAID THE WIND ONE DAY,
COME OVER THE MEADOW WITH ME, AND PLAY,
PUT ON YOUR DRESSES OF RED AND GOLD,
SUMMER IS GONE, AND THE DAYS GROW COLD.




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