A FROST came overnight. Then all the day The leaves fell groundward, fluttered down in shoals, With sound of sober music, from the trees, Until foot-farers plowed through russet waves That rustled crisply, fresh with scents of earth; All day the air was yellow with the flight. The sun at noon was mystic-large and seemed To faint in smoke, -- but when it sank and set It left the West a miracle, a place Where somber autumn tints waked suddenly Into an ecstasy of vivid lights And trembling fires, that passed to mortal calms. Then came the eve and with her lovely eyes Soothed all the sunset passion, made the sky A haunt for spirits and a home for stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...MIDSUMMER FROST (2) by ISAAC ROSENBERG LIMERICK by OLIVER BROOK HERFORD ON BUTLER'S MONUMENT [IN WESTMINSTER] by SAMUEL WESLEY QUERIES TO CAUISTS by GEORGE GORDON BYRON SILVER WEDDING by ARTHUR HUGH CLOUGH THE BUILDER AND HIS TOOLS by SAMUEL VALENTINE COLE |