J. C. Squire, ed. A Book of Women’s Verse. 1921.
By Emily Brontë (18181848)Fall, Leaves, Fall
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Lengthen night and shorten day;
Every leaf speaks bliss to me,
Fluttering from the autumn tree.
I shall smile when wreaths of snow
Blossom where the rose should grow;
I shall sing when night’s decay
Ushers in a drearier day.