Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE DELTA AUTUMN, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY


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First Line: Give me an ebbing sunset of the fall
Last Line: Of that be my dreaming, under the fennel-crusted sand.
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall


Give me an ebbing sunset of the fall
With chilly flare of cosmos-colored light,
A white-winged moon in frozen, downward flight,
Ethereal, naked trees where no birds call,
Leave me to watch my infinite, gaunt river,
Its solemn width, its willow-purpled coil,
Its floor of hammered brass and azure oil,
Its silence where far strands of wild geese quiver,
And I'll not miss the hopeful, passionate spring,
Spring that knows naught of thought or masterful will
Or conquered grief or peace when cold winds chill,
But sings and struts with sunlight-dabbled wing
And is too sweet where men yet hate and kill.
Autumn as autumn comes in my dim-lustered land;
Of that be my dreaming, under the fennel-crusted sand.





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