Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUTUMN LEAVES, by CHARLES DICKENS Poet's Biography First Line: Autumn leaves, autumn leaves Last Line: Forgotten, changed, or dead. Subject(s): Autumn; Death; Love - Loss Of; Mourning; Seasons; Fall; Dead, The; Bereavement | ||||||||
AUTUMN leaves, autumn leaves Lie strewn around me here, Autumn leaves, autumn leaves, How sad, how cold, how drear! How like the hopes of childhood's day, Thick clust'ring on the bough! How like those hopes in their decay How faded are they now! Withered leaves, withered leaves, That fly before the gale; Withered leaves, withered leaves, Ye tell a mournful tale Of love once true, and friends once kind, And happy moments fled: Dispersed by every breath of wind, Forgotten, changed, or dead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...HUNGERFIELD by ROBINSON JEFFERS THE MOURNER by LOUISE MOREY BOWMAN HECUBA MOURNS by MARILYN NELSON THERE IS NO GOD BUT by AGHA SHAHID ALI IF I COULD MOURN LIKE A MOURNING DOVE by FRANK BIDART THE IVY GREEN by CHARLES DICKENS |
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