Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SPRING AND AUTUMN, by AGNES MARY F. ROBINSON


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SPRING AND AUTUMN, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: God in his heart made autumn for the young
Last Line: Whose harvest is not for their gathering.
Alternate Author Name(s): Duclaux, Madame Emile; Darmesteter, Mary; Robinson, A. Mary F.
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Spring; Fall


GOD in His heart made Autumn for the young;
That they might learn to accept the approach of age
In golden woods and starry saxifrage
And valleys all with azure mists o'erhung.

For over Death a radiant veil He flung,
That thus the inevitable heritage
Might come revealed in beauty, and assuage
The dread with which the heart of youth is wrung.

And for the consolation of the old
He made the delicate, swift, tumultuous Spring;
That every year they might again behold

The image of their youth in everything
And bless the fruit-trees flowering in the cold
Whose harvest is not for their gathering.





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