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DIGITAL RESOURCES

Falling Leaves 12

Up in the trees there’s a gentle sigh,
For the leaves are whisp’ring, ‘Good-bye, good-bye’,
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Leaves of yellow, of crimson, of brown,
Saying ‘Good-bye!’ as they flutter down.

Up in the trees there’s a golden rain
Of the leaves that ne’er will be green again –
Leaves of chestnut, of hawthorn and lime, 4
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Falling from branches of summer-time.
Under the boughs is a carpet bright,
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Which the leaves have made in a single night,
Brown of oak leaves, and yellow ash
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Crimson of maple in ruddy splash.
All through the woods goes the cruel wind,
As he drives the leaves with his breath unkind;

Leaves that cower, and shelter, and cling,
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Trembling and frightened of everything.
All down the stream, on its swollen tide,
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Float the leaves, like ships in which fairies ride,
Ships that hasten to harbour and sigh,

‘Winter is coming. Good-bye, good-bye!’
Margaret Cameron

1. dark red in colour 6. a tall tree with leaves that have five points and turn
2. a large tree that produces glossy hard brown nuts bright red or yellow in the autumn
3. a thorny shrub or small tree with white or red or pink 7. red-coloured
flowers 8. bend low or move backwards because of fear
4. a tree that bears small juicy fruits 9. larger than normal
5. branches of a tree

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