Classic and Contemporary Poetry
INDIAN SUMMER, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR Poet's Biography First Line: Tis indian summer's richest, latest day Last Line: O saddest indian summer! Fare thee well! Alternate Author Name(s): Dean Subject(s): Indian Summer; New Hampshire | ||||||||
'TIS Indian Summer's richest, latest day; A soft mist veils the sky's enchanting blue; And, to the wind's caress, the maples sway, And bronzed oaks murmur, as they lightly strew Upon the ground beneath, their gorgeous leaves, All russet-green and ruby-red and gold, So bright, my heart, sad as the south wind, grieves To see their glories sinking in the mould! And every gay and gladsome thing seems taking A lingering leave of grove and field and sky; Bluebird and robin, lawn and plot forsaking, In croft and orchard sweet lament are making For roses dead and loveless winter nigh. The bees are hovering o'er the lonely flowers, October's gift, despite its chilling showers Brave asters that have lived through frosty eves, And still with faintest purple tint their leaves Amid the mountain fern that yet retains Its fragrant breath through all the autumnal rains, And meek immortelles that, till snows appear, Will mourn the buried splendors of the year; While squirrels haste with nuts and acorns brown That every waft above the wood brings down, And waif of June a golden butterfly, The last, the loveliest, is flitting by. So calm! so fair! yet, with to-morrow's morn, Wild winds will blow till all the groves are shorn, And soft mists vanish, and the mountains rise Cold and severe in melancholy skies. Now fades the sun from hill and stream and dell O saddest Indian Summer! fare thee well! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE LOST WAR-SLOOP by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR THE GROUND-ROBIN by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON NEW HAMPSHIRE by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT CONCORD BY THE MERRIMACK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR CONTOOCOOK RIVER by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR DANIEL WEBSTER by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR EASTER IN THE WHITE HILLS by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR KEARSARGE by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR MERRIMACK RIVER AT ITS MOUTH by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR COLUMBUS DYING [MAY 20, 1506] by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR SA-CA-GA-WE-A; THE INDIAN GIRL WHO GUIDED LEWIS AND CLARK by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR |
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