Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AUTUMN WINDS, by EFFIE WALLER SMITH Poet's Biography First Line: O autumn winds, with voices far away Last Line: And stand forth free to struggle and endure! Subject(s): Autumn; Seasons; Trees; Wind; Fall | ||||||||
O autumn winds, with voices far away, I hear you singing on the leafless hills, And all my heart with jubilation thrills! You bring to me no message of dismay, No tender sorrow for the year's decay; Rather you sing of giant trees that cast Their leaves aside to grapple with the blast, Strong and exultant for the stormy fray! Hearing your music, glad and wild and pure, Sounding through night's cool, starlit spaces wide, I grow aweary of earth's paltry lure! Oh, like the trees, I too would cast aside The fading leaves of pleasure and of pride, And stand forth free to struggle and endure! | 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 EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV A GOOD-BYE by EFFIE WALLER SMITH |
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