Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AUTUMNAL ODE, by FRANCIS FAWKES


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AUTUMNAL ODE, by                    
First Line: Ere yet the russet foliage fall
Last Line: "this season's sober calm for blandishing repose."
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall


"Ere yet the russet foliage fall
I'll climb the mountain's brow,
My friend, my Hayman, at thy call,
To view the scene below:
How sweetly pleasing to behold
Forests of vegetable gold!
How mixed the many-chequered shades between—
The tawny mellowing hue, and the gay, vivid green!

How splendid all the sky! how still!
How mild the dying gale!
How soft the whispers of the rill
That winds along the dale!
So tranquil Nature's works appear,
It seems the Sabbath of the year;
As if, the Summer's labour past, she chose
This season's sober calm for blandishing repose."





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