Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AUTUMN'S CLOISONNE, by ALBERTA MCMAHON SHERWIN


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AUTUMN'S CLOISONNE, by                    
First Line: The wayside hedge is starred with purple aster
Last Line: He fain would temper it to mortal sight.
Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Fall


The wayside hedge is starred with purple aster,
The frosted elms have dropped their gold doubloons;
Late lilies raise their cups of alabaster
From waters of the tranquil blue lagoons.
The maples lift their flaming crimson cones
Flaunting the beauty of their rich array;
Earth is too lavish with her color tones,
Too prodigal with autumn's cloisonne.

The weird enchantment of a smoky haze
Falls softly over valley, grove and hill,
Over silent Indian Summer days;
As though the Artist drew a veil at will
Across a landscape he had made so bright
He fain would temper it to mortal sight.





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