The trees are in their autumn beauty, The woodlands paths are dry, Under the October twilight the water Mirrors a still sky; Upon the brimming water among the stones Are nine-and-fifty swans. The nineteenth autumn has come upon me Since I first made my count , I saw, before I had well finished, All suddenly mount And scatter wheeling in great broken rings Upon their clamorous wings.

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