Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, LOVE IN AUTUMN, by CLAUDE HOUGHTON


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First Line: Through the curtains of the rain
Last Line: Or the murmur of the leaves.
Subject(s): Autumn; Leaves; Love; Nature; Seasons; Fall


THROUGH the curtains of the rain
Looms the mist-enchanted town,
Like a phantom fortress lost
In the mighty realms of night.

Now the mauve and mystic eve
Tower by tower folds the town
And a saffron storm-tossed moon
Haunts the ruin of the sky.

One by one the lamps are lit,
Quivering flowers of tawny flame,
And the murmuring voices seem
Echoes of a distant sea.

Soon the everlasting stars
Crown with sleep this silent world,
Only withered wind-stirred leaves
Wound the silence with their pain.

And within this autumn town,
Dreams a lovely golden head,
Knowing nothing of the darkness,
Or the murmur of the leaves.





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