Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THISTLEDOWN: 12. AUTUMN, by CORA RANDALL FABBRI


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THISTLEDOWN: 12. AUTUMN, by                    
First Line: She kindles fires in every tree and bush
Last Line: Then autumn draws her gray hood close and dies.
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall


SHE kindles fires in every tree and bush—
The thicket flames with gold and crimsonred—
To keep bleak Winter far ere she is dead.
Thus Autumn fades off in a splendid flush.

A fainter, paler sun burns in her skies;
Her leaves at last drop off by one, by one—
Like the dull ashes of the fire that's done—
Then Autumn draws her gray hood close and dies.





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