Burning Leaves, November

Christopher Morley 1890 (Haverford) – 1957



THESE are the folios of April,
All the library of spring,
Missals gilt and rubricated
With the frost's illumining.

Ruthless, we destroy these treasures,
Set the torch with hand profane-
Gone, like Alexandrian vellums,
Like the books of burnt Louvain!

Yet these classics are immortal:
O collectors, have no fear,
For the publisher will issue
New editions every year.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

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Scheme ABXB CDCD AEXE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 371
Words 61
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4

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