Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FAITH, by MILDRED BENTLEY LEE


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First Line: Autumn, - and the trees are stripped
Last Line: Oh faithless heart, why weep? Why weep?
Subject(s): Autumn; Faith; Seasons; Fall; Belief; Creed


Autumn, -- and the trees are stripped
Of summer vestments proudly borne;
Autumn, and the earth, still-lipped,
Regards her garments, stained and torn.

Naked the trees against the sky,
Braced to the bitter winds that blow;
With gnarled branches lifted high
They wait the winter's gift of snow.

Thus, in the Autumn of my years,
Facing with certainty the cold
Of chilling age, my life appears
But an old story, newly told.

Winter, and death; but somewhere, soon,
I shall know spring, and rouse from sleep,
I too shall know some lovelier June;
Oh faithless heart, why weep? Why weep?





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