Books · 1835
Autumn wins you best by this its mute Appeal to sympathy for its decay.
— Robert Browning · Paracelsus
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An editorial interpretation.
Autumn charms most through its silent plea for pity as it declines. Without a word, the season asks for tenderness because it is fading, and the lines suggest that this quiet decay is precisely what makes it lovable.
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