Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE MENACE OF AUTUMN, by WILLIAM SHARP Poet's Biography First Line: Amber and yellow and russet, gold and red Last Line: And wold and woodland lie, austere and bare. Alternate Author Name(s): Macleod, Fiona Subject(s): Autumn; Flowers; Seasons; Singing & Singers; Fall | ||||||||
Amber and yellow and russet, gold and red, The autumnal leaves dream they are summer flowers: Day after day the windless sunny hours With feet of flame pass softly overhead: Day after day over each perishing leaf The windless hours pass with slow-fading flame: No song is heard where floods of music came; Long garner'd on the fields the final sheaf. One day a wild and ravishing wind will rise, One day a paralysing frost will come, And all this glory be taken unaware: Dark branches then will lean against the skies, Sear leaves will drift the forest-pathways dumb, And wold and woodland lie, austere and bare. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR AUTUMN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN AN AUTUMN JOY by GEORGE ARNOLD A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A LETTER IN OCTOBER by TED KOOSER AUTUMN EVENING by DAVID LEHMAN |
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