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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: SONGS OF THE AUTUMN DAYS. 1 7E bore him through the golden land, One early harvest morn. The corn stood ripe on either hand- He knew all about the corn. How shall the harvest gathered be Without him standing by ? Without him walking on the lea, The sky is scarce a sky. The year's glad work is almost done; The land is rich in fruit; Yellow it floats in air and sun -- Earth holds it by the root . .. - - Why should earth hold it for a day, When harvest-time is come ? Death is triumphant o'er decay, And leads the perfect home. Yet shines the sun as bright and warm; All comfort is not lost; Both corn and hope, of heart and farm, Lie hid from coming frost. The woods are mournful, richly sad; Their leaves are red and gold: Are thoughts in solemn splendour clad Signs too that men grow old ? Strange odours haunt the doubtful brain From fields and days gone by; And sad-eyed memories again Are born, are loved, and die. The morning clear, the evening cool Foretell no wintery wars; The day of dying leaves is full; The night is full of stars. 'Tis late before the sun will rise; All early he will go; A vaporous frost hangs from the skies, And wets the ground below. Red fruit has followed golden corn; The -leaves are few and sere; My thoughts are old as soon as born, And gray with coming fear. The winds are still; no softest breath Floats through the branches bare; A silence as of coming death Is growing in the air. But what must fade, can bear to fade, Can stand beneath the ill: Creep on, old Winter, deathly shade We sorrow, and are still There is no longer any heaven To glorify our clouds; The rising vapours downward driven, Come home fo...
| ISBN-13 | 9780217345767 |
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| ISBN-10 | 021734576X |
| Weight | 0.56 Pounds |
| Dimensions | 9.00 x 6.00 x 0.38 In |
| List Price | $14.14 |
| Format | Paperback |
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| Pages | 166 pages |
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| Published On | 2009-09-01 |
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