Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AUTUMN, by MYRTLE W. CAMPBELL


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AUTUMN, by                    
First Line: Whirling, swirling, swept from branches
Last Line: In place of change that's for the best.
Subject(s): Brown (color); Leaves


Whirling, swirling, swept from branches,
Dry leaves flutter to the ground;
Seeds, too, borne on waves of ether,
Another springtime to be found.

In the dawn the farmer rises,
Gath'ring in the year's increase;
After watching, waiting throughout summer,
Nature's yield -- the crop's release.

Ominous clouds hang in the offing,
Waiting the tumult of winter's storm;
Yet they proclaim the year is dying --
Dying -- or is it only change of form?

Sad the days for him who blindly
Holds the present to his breast;
He can only vision ruin,
In place of change that's for the best.





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