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 soft September brings again To yonder gorse its golden glow, And Snowdon sends its autumn rain To bid thy current livelier flow; Amid that ashen foliage light When scarlet beads are glistering bright, While alder boughs unchanged are seen In summer livery of green; When clouds before the cooler breeze Are flying, white and large; with these Returning, so may I return, And find thee changeless, Pont-y-wern.

, ask not what is love, she said, Or ask it not of me; Or of the heart, or of the head, Or if at all it be.

Oh, ask it not, she said, she said, Thou winn'st not word from me! —Oh, silent as the long long dead, I, Lady, learn of thee.