A FROST came overnight. Then all the day The leaves fell groundward, fluttered down in shoals, With sound of sober music, from the trees, Until foot-farers plowed through russet waves That rustled crisply, fresh with scents of earth; All day the air was yellow with the flight. The sun at noon was mystic-large and seemed To faint in smoke, -- but when it sank and set It left the West a miracle, a place Where somber autumn tints waked suddenly Into an ecstasy of vivid lights And trembling fires, that passed to mortal calms. Then came the eve and with her lovely eyes Soothed all the sunset passion, made the sky A haunt for spirits and a home for stars. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SWEET STAY-AT-HOME by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES THE RETORT by GEORGE POPE MORRIS AFTER DEATH by FRANCES ISABEL PARNELL ISAAC AND ARCHIBALD by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON A YOUTH TO HIS FATHER by WALTER R. ADAMS |