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First Line: Sad autumn, drop thy weedy crown forlorn
Last Line: And breathes round him the spring-time of his song!
Alternate Author Name(s): Taylor, James Bayard
Subject(s): Autumn; Love; Seasons; Spring; Wedding Song; Fall; Epithalamium


SAD Autumn, drop thy weedy crown forlorn,
Put off thy cloak of cloud, thy scarf of mist,
And dress in gauzy gold and amethyst
A day benign, of sunniest influence born,
As may befit a Poet's marriage morn!
Give buds another dream, another tryst
To loving hearts, and print on lips unkissed
Betrothal-kisses, laughing Spring to scorn!
Yet, if unfriendly thou, with sullen skies,
Bleak rains, or moaning winds, dost menace wrong,
Here art thou foiled: a bridal sun shall rise
And bridal emblems unto these belong.
Round her the sunshine of her beauty lies,
And breathes round him the spring-time of his song!





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