Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONNET: COMPOSED IN AUTUMN, by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: With these dead leaves stripped from a withered tree Last Line: Into that perfect peace which waits for all! Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall | ||||||||
WITH these dead leaves stripped from a withered tree, And slowly fluttering round us, gentle friend, Some faithless soul a sad presage might blend; To me they bring a happier augury; Lives that shall bloom in genial sunshine free, Nursed by the spell Love's dews and breezes send, And when a kindly Fate shall speak the end, Down dropping in Time's autumn silently; All hopes fulfilled, all passions duly blessed, Life's cup of gladness drained, except the lees, No more to fear or long for, but the rest Which crowns existence with its dreamless ease; Thus when our days are ripe, oh! let us fall Into that perfect Peace which waits for all! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR AUTUMN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN AN AUTUMN JOY by GEORGE ARNOLD A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A LETTER IN OCTOBER by TED KOOSER AUTUMN EVENING by DAVID LEHMAN EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV A STORM IN THE DISTANCE (AMONG THE GEORGIAN HILLS) by PAUL HAMILTON HAYNE |
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