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/ The season of the rose and peace is past: / It could not last. / There's heartbreak in the hills and stormy sighs / Of sorrow in the rain-lashed plains and skies, / While Earth regards, aghast, / The last red leaf that flies.
/ The world is cringing in the darkness where / War left his lair, / And everything takes on a lupine look, / Baring gaunt teeth at every peaceful nook, / And shaking torrent hair / At every little brook.