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BEFORE THE FIRE.

'TIS the ending of October;

Mid the plashing of the rain,

Bright no more, but dull and sober,

Dead leaves flick against the pane.

Sobbing, moaning, wailing, calling,

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Seems the wind some erring soul,

While within I watch the falling,

Fading pictures in the coal.

On the walls in antic dances

Wreathing hands the shadows play.

E'en my owl casts eerie glances, -

Friar owl in cowl of gray.

In a pine-knot's dying embers

Summer friendships flame and die;

Ah, how little one remembers

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