The Leaves! Poem by Clarence Prince

Here again, it has stepped in
From whence it had been
And the leaves won't win
So prepare you bags and bins

As here once more, is the fall
When much tree leaves shall fall
From the short trees and … the tall
Or say, from the low and the high

But they all shall cry and sigh
As they prepare to shed leaves
Woe too, unto some house eaves
And unto many drains as well

For those leaves can block
Many of them up in great stock
Even rushing waters shall swell
Owing to blockages by leaves

Chiefly when comes heavy rain
So prepare you bags and bins
For those leaves to be placed in
Good that fall and winter will pass

Though leaving us to pay the cost
‘God's willing' a new spring shall dawn
And trees shall buds and leaves again
Followed by lots of sweet flowers

With their beautiful fragrance
Which will inspirit everyone again
As the summer emerges to regain
Its three months of yearly portion.


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