Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AUTUMN, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE


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First Line: What did autumn murmur?
Last Line: Autumn's come!
Subject(s): Autumn; Nature; Seasons; Fall


WHAT did Autumn murmur?
O ye sheaves of gold,
Gathered in the sunburnt field
Where the sowing-labours yield
Treasures manifold,
Here's a jug of rare old ale
Beading still the reaper's beard
While he whistles down the vale
As the humming farm is neared!
What a saucy knot of maids
Eggs him on to kiss his prize!
What a pack of bouncing jades
Binds a kerchief o'er his eyes—
Twirls him thrice, and bids him search
Whom he may the while they pinch,
Prick, and leave him in the lurch,
Each one shirilling like a finch!
Ah! the starlight country dance,
Not without its rough romance—
Not without the fiddle's beat
Speeding Cecily's flashing feet—
Autumn's come!





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