Time & Brevity
Leaf After Leaf Drops Off
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Time & BrevityNature
Leaf after leaf drops off, flower after flower,
Some in the chill, some in the warmer hour:
Alike they flourish and alike they fall,
And Earth who nourisht them receives them all.
Should we, her wiser sons, be less content
To sink into her lap when life is spent?
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MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Leaf After Leaf Drops Off.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/22/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “Leaf After Leaf Drops Off.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/22/.
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