Poems (Bacon)/Heart's seasons

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III. HEART'S SEASONS
When Love went holidaying  Among the autumn leaves, They bloomed in sweet betraying, The purple clouds, soft straying, Held daylight back, delaying  To gild the glowing sheaves—When Love went holidaying  Among the autumn leaves.
When Grief came on a-sighing  Behind the flowers of spring, They withered to their dying, The homing birds, slow flying, Sang wintry songs, denying  The joy that June should bring—When Grief came on a-sighing  Behind the flowers of spring.
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