. In God's out-of-doors. Natural history. WHEN AUTUMN FADES When autumn fades, and from the windy hill And forest glades beside the quiet rill The splendors waste; and all the happy trees Are quite defaced of beauty, and the breeze Makes deep lament with laughter quite forgot. As it were meant for threnody and not For merry mood: and when the blackbirds fling Their dusky brood across the sky on wing Toward fields remote, and wild ducks flying high With muffled note make speed across the sky. And redbirds blaze through naked loneliness Of woodland ways: and full of deep distress The moaning tre
. In God's out-of-doors. Natural history. WHEN AUTUMN FADES When autumn fades, and from the windy hill And forest glades beside the quiet rill The splendors waste; and all the happy trees Are quite defaced of beauty, and the breeze Makes deep lament with laughter quite forgot. As it were meant for threnody and not For merry mood: and when the blackbirds fling Their dusky brood across the sky on wing Toward fields remote, and wild ducks flying high With muffled note make speed across the sky. And redbirds blaze through naked loneliness Of woodland ways: and full of deep distress The moaning trees where beat tumultuous tides Of angry seas whose stormy music chides: And all the ways are sown with withered leaves And all the days are dim with haze, and grieves The wintry wind, and the year's evening shades Grow dusk, and blind the storms,: when autumn fades. 121. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Quayle, William A. (William Alfred), 1860-1925. Cincinnati, Jennings & Pye; New York, Eaton & Mains
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