Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NOVEMBER, by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD Poet's Biography First Line: Much have I spoken of the faded leaf Last Line: The loss of beauty is not always loss! Alternate Author Name(s): Stoddard, Richard, Mrs. | ||||||||
MUCH have I spoken of the faded leaf; Long have I listened to the wailing wind, And watched it ploughing through the heavy clouds, For autumn charms my melancholy mind. When autumn comes, the poets sing a dirge: The year must perish; all the flowers are dead; The sheaves are gathered; and the mottled quail Runs in the stubble, but the lark has fled! Still, autumn ushers in the Christmas cheer, The holly-berries and the ivy-tree: They weave a chaplet for the Old Year's bier, These waiting mourners do not sing for me! I find sweet peace in depths of autumn woods, Where grow the ragged ferns and roughened moss; The naked, silent trees have taught me this, -- The loss of beauty is not always loss! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SEA-SIDE IDYL by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD A SUMMER NIGHT by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD IN THE STILL, STAR-LIT NIGHT by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD LAST DAYS by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD MERCEDES by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD NAMELESS PAIN by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD ON THE CAMPAGNA by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD THE HOUSE OF YOUTH by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD THE POET'S SECRET by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD UNRETURNING by ELIZABETH DREW (BARSTOW) STODDARD HOMAGE TO SEXTUS PROPERTIUS: 4. DIFFERENCE OF OPINION WITH LYGDAMUS by EZRA POUND |
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