Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SEPTEMBER, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL



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First Line: Sir goldenrod stands by and grieves
Last Line: And tranquil goes the queen to die.
Subject(s): Nature; September; Summer


SIR GOLDENROD stands by and grieves
Where Queen September goeth by:
Her viewless feet disturb the leaves,
And with her south the thrushes fly,
Or loiter 'mid the rustling sheaves,
And search and fail, and wonder why.
The burgher cat-tails stiffly bow
Beside the marsh. The asters cast
Their purple coronets, and below
The brown ferns shiver in the blast,
And all the fretted pool aglow
Repeats the cold, clear, yellow sky.
The dear, loved summer days are past,
And tranquil goes the Queen to die.





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