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Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900.

By John JamesPiatt

607 Torch-Light in Autumn

I LIFT this sumach-bough with crimson flare,

And, touched with subtle pangs of dreamy pain,

Through the dark wood a torch I seem to bear

In Autumn’s funeral train.