Leaves

The Nature Lover written by William Henry Davies

From "Secrets", 1924

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Peace to these little broken leaves,
   That strew our common ground;
That chase their tails, like silly dogs,
   As they go round and round.
For though in winter boughs are bare,
   Let us not once forget
Their summer glory, when these leaves
   Caught the great Sun in their strong net;
And made him, in the lower air,
   Tremble - no bigger than a star!

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