English poem

AN AUTUMNAL ROMANCE

by John Kendrick Bangs (1862–1922)

A LEAF fell in love with the soft green lawn, He deemed her the sweetest and best, And then on a dreary November dawn He withered and died on her breast.

More by John Kendrick Bangs

_To An Egotistical Biographer_
_Where Are They?_
A Literary Feast
A New Year’s Wish
By A Bibliomaniac
Century Magazine/Volume 44/Issue 5/An Experience
Century Magazine/Volume 71/Issue 4/The Testimony
Consolation

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