When the first sere leaves of the year were falling,
I heard, with a heart that was strangely thrilled,
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Ella, has quoted love severally, but this poem goes beyond love and lover. It so teaches my present not to do what i will regret tomorrow. No matter how secretive we keep our past follies, they will always haunt our future. I so wish i read this earlier
We will always be haunted and repeat mistakes in life. Ella preaching a redemption of sorts but not a true and final cure. To err is human springs to mind.