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The leaves fall patiently Nothing remembers or grieves The river takes to the sea The yellow drift of leaves.

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Sara Teasdale
Age: 48 †
Born: 1884
Born: August 8
Died: 1933
Died: January 29
Poet
Writer
St. Louis
Missouri
Sara Teasdale Filsinger
Sara Trevor Teasdale
River
Leaves
Grieves
Rivers
Patiently
Sea
Remembers
Takes
Drift
Fall
Grieving
Remember
Autumn
Nothing
Yellow

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