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ONLY A LEAF

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            ONLY A LEAF

IT was only a little leaf, That hung for a while on its bough: It danced and fluttered but life was brief, And its place is vacant now. It was only a little leaf Did it pay to live at all? The sun smiled on it, the cold rains came, And then it was doomed to fall. It was only a little leaf; But on it did shine the sun, The winds did caress it, the birds did sing, And it lived till its work was done. It was only a little leaf, But it took its gladsome part In the great earth's life; and, at the last, Earth clasped it to her heart.

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