Poem: “As Fall The Leaves” by Edgar A. Guest

A Heap o’ Livin’

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American Literature – American Poetry – Edgar A. Guest – Poems by Edgar A. Guest – A Heap o’ Livin’
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As Fall The Leaves

  As fall the leaves, so drop the days
    In silence from the tree of life;
  Born for a little while to blaze
    In action in the heat of strife,
  And then to shrivel with Time’s blast
  And fade forever in the past.

  In beauty once the leaf was seen;
    To all it offered gentle shade;
  Men knew the splendor of its green
    That cheered them so, would quickly fade:
  And quickly, too, must pass away
  All that is splendid of to-day.

  To try to keep the leaves were vain:
    Men understand that they must fall;
  Why should they bitterly complain
    When sorrows come to one and all?
  Why should they mourn the passing day
  That must depart along the way?

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American Literature – American Poetry – Edgar A. Guest – Poems by Edgar A. Guest – A Heap o’ Livin’

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