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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WILLOW POEM by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS THE HELMSMAN by HILDA DOOLITTLE DIVINA COMMEDIA (INTRODUCTORY POEMS): 1 by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW THYESTES, ACT 2: CHORUS by LUCIUS ANNAEUS SENECA FOR [OR TO] THOSE WHO FAIL by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER |