Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IMPRESSIONS OF A TRAVELLER, by KAO SHIH


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IMPRESSIONS OF A TRAVELLER, by                    
First Line: In a silent, desolate spot
Last Line: On the wanderer's soul to-night!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ta-fu


In a silent, desolate spot,
In the night stone-frozen and clear,
The wanderer's hand on the sail
Is gripped by the fingers of fear.

He looketh afar o'er the waves,
Wind-ruffled and deep and green;
And the mantle of Autumn lies
Over wood and hill and ravine.

'Tis Autumn! -- time of decay,
And the dead leaves' 'wildering flight;
And the mantle of Autumn lies
On the wanderer's soul to-night!








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