Cyrano: The leaves — - Roxane: What color — -Perfect Veneti… - Edmond Rostand

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Cyrano: The leaves — -
Roxane: What color — -Perfect Venetian red! Look at them fall.
Cyrano: Yes — -they know how to die. A little way
From the branch to the earth, a little fear
Of mingling with the common dust — -and yet
They go down gracefully — -a fall that seems
Like flying!

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Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand (1 April 1868 - 2 December 1918) was a French poet and dramatist most famous for his fictional play Cyrano de Bergerac, based upon the life of Cyrano de Bergerac.

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Alternative Names: Edmond Eugène Alexis Rostand

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They know how to die-a little way from the branch to the earth, a little fear of mingling with common dust and yet they go down gracefully-a fail that seems like flying!

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