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```What does it mean chirp,
```And away to the south-land the wild-geese steer?
```When apples are falling and nuts are brown?
```These are the signs that autumn is here.
```What does it mean when the days are short?
```When the leaves are gone and the brooks are dumb?
```When the fields are white with the drifting snows?
```These are the signs that winter has come.
```The old stars set, and the new ones rise,
```And skies that were stormy grow bright and clear;
```And so the beautiful, wonderful signs
```Go round and round with the changing year.=
--M. E. N. HATHEWAY.
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