Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AUTUMN, by A. W. RANSOM


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AUTUMN, by                    
First Line: Along the grass strange shadows play
Last Line: While god the nearer seems.
Subject(s): Autumn; God; Nature; Nature - Religious Aspects; Seasons; Fall


Along the grass strange shadows play
As earlier twilights, day by day,
The waning year proclaim.
In circling groups the blackbirds fly
Like somber clouds, athwart a sky
With sunset glow aflame.

The goldenrod and asters gay
Are broidered on the tapestry
That covers hill and dale;
Beside the road red sumac gleams;
The falling leaves retard the streams,
Or dance before the gale.

The bare elms sweep the lowering clouds;
The river mists, like clinging shrouds
Hide all the valley's dreams;
The wedging geese go winging by;
We hear anon their guiding cry,
While God the nearer seems.





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