The season's turn now brings autumnal days Whose sunsets subtly tint, through purpled haze, October skies; and from the earth there strays The evening chill. The amber twilight dims in dusk's dull glow, While spectered shadows flutter from the row Of leafless tree-wraiths silhouetted low Upon the hill. The deepening darkness shrouds the lines which fade Into the mist that veils, in eery shade, The browning blackness; and afar, is made The homing call. An awesome silence fills the gloaming air, A requiem from souls ... a farewell prayer . . . To summer's wane; and then, quite unaware, We sense the fall. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE SABBATH MORNING by JOHN LEYDEN MY FAMILIAR by JOHN GODFREY SAXE THE COMMONPLACE by WALT WHITMAN TENNYSON by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH STANZAS OCCASIONED BY THE DEATH OF H-- A-- by BERNARD BARTON THE LAST LULLABY by HENRY BATAILLE CUPID IN AMBUSH by HARRY RANDOLPH BLYTHE |