Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET: SEPTEMBER, 1880, by CONSTANCE CAROLINE WOODHILL NADEN


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SONNET: SEPTEMBER, 1880, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: To still september comes a dream of joy
Last Line: Renewing earth by terror and by hope.
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall


TO still September comes a dream of joy:
The breath of dying roses in the calm
And sultry air, seems changed to hyacinth-balm;
Fresh beams and breezes waken, such as toy
With amorous wind-flowers and May-lilies coy:
Raise, oh ye birds, a wild conjubilant psalm!
Autumn has reached the goal, has gained the palm,
And Winter comes not surely to destroy.

Nay, prosperous Autumn! not for thee shall ope
May's blossoms; nor for thy dull ear shall sing
Her choir of birds; thine own winds whirl away
Thy golden vapours, and thy rich decay,
Till Winter come, stern pioneer of Spring,
Renewing Earth by terror and by hope.








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