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HERE by the baring bough / Raking up leaves, / Often I ponder how / Springtime deceives,- / I, an old woman now, / Raking up leaves.
Here in the avenue / Raking up leaves, / Lords' ladies pass in view, / Until one heaves / Sighs at life's russet hue, / Raking up leaves!
Just as my shape you see / Raking up leaves, / I saw, when fresh and free, / Those memory weaves / Into grey ghosts by me, / Raking up leaves.
Yet, Dear, though one may sigh, / Raking up leaves, / New leaves will dance on high- / Earth never grieves! - / Will not, when missed am I / Raking up leaves.