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Some things are good on "Autumn" nights, / When with the storm the forest fights, / And in the room the heaped hearth lights / Old-fashioned press and rafter: / Plump chestnuts hissing in the heat, / A mug of cider, sharp and sweet, / And at your side a face petite, / With lips of laughter.
Upon the roof the rolling rain, / And tapping at the window-pane, / The wind that seems a witch's cane / That summons spells together: / A hand within your own awhile; / A mouth reflecting back your smile; / And eyes, two stars, whose beams exile / All thoughts of weather.