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Through all the weary, hot midsummer time, / My heart has struggled with its awful grief. / And I have waited for these autumn days, / Thinking the cooling winds would bring relief. / For I remembered how I loved them once, / When all my life was full of melody. / And I have looked and longed for their return, / Nor thought but they would seem the same, to me.
The fiery summer burned itself away, / And from the hills, the golden autumn time / Looks down and smiles. The fields are tinged with brown -- / The birds are talking of another clime. / The forest trees are dyed in gorgeous hues, / And weary ones have sought an earthy tomb. / But still the pain tugs fiercely at my heart -- / And still my life is wrapped in awful gloom.