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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOVEMBER, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poet's Biography
First Line: Leaves from the elm trees flying
Last Line: Either of scent or song!
Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John
Subject(s): November
First Line: Leaves from the elm trees flying
Last Line: Either of scent or song!
Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John
Subject(s): November
LEAVES from the elm-trees flying --
Summer to autumn flown --
Out on the lawn is lying
Mulberry's golden gown.
Never a bird is singing,
Never a plant has bloom,
Only the fantails winging
White on the windy gloom.
We can no more remember
Perfume of rose or hay;
Far from this dark November
Beauty has passed away.
Not till the Spring recapture
Joy as it flits along,
Shall we regain the rapture
Either of scent or song!
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