The Fading Wood
An
Ent sings his last song as he fades into eternal slumber...
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The Fading Wood
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Summer died and left me this;
A last bright day, her parting kiss
A moment lingering, of bliss
Before the frost creeps in.
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The songs of springtime take the skies
With thunderous applause they rise
Trilling out their last goodbyes
To forest, fern and fen.
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The falling leaves in vain I clasp
For spring, it slips beyond my grasp
And dying branches sadly rasp
My forest's namarie
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In glen and hollow, dim and deep
My children evermore I keep;
I bless them in my endless sleep,
They dream, they dream for me.
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