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John Bartlett (1820–1905). Familiar Quotations, 10th ed. 1919.

7462 Thomas Buhanan Read 1822-1872 John Bartlett

 
NUMBER:7462
AUTHOR:Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872)
QUOTATION:Within the sober realm of leafless trees,
  The russet year inhaled the dreamy air;
Like some tanned reaper, in his hour of ease,
  When all the fields are lying brown and bare.
ATTRIBUTION:The closing Scene. Sc. i.