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An Hour with Dachshunds and Keats
The first day of autumn – surprisingly cool In this almost tropical latitude So after a day of working outside I sat with Keats before a brushy fire
As is my custom I read his “Ode to Autumn” With a tumbler of – lemonade – to hand While the little fire sang its own kind of song And the dachshunds snuffled among the leaves
The first day of autumn – surprisingly cool And in her rising the Evening Star blesses us