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Autumn Sadness

Air and sky are swathed in

Fold on fold,

Light glows through the trees like wine.

Earth, sun-quickened, swoons for bliss'Neath his kiss,

Breathless in a trance divine.

Nature pauses from her task,

Just to

In these lull'd transfigured hours.

The green leaf nor stays nor goes,

But it

Royaler than mid-June's flowers.

Such impassioned silence

All the

Burning with unflickering fire—Such a blood-red splendor

The leaves' veins,

Life seems one fulfilled desire.

While earth, sea, and heavens shine,

Heart of mine,

Say, what art thou waiting for?

Shall the cup ne'er reach the lip,

But still

Till the life-long thirst give o'er?

Shall my soul, no frosts may tame,

Catch new

From the incandescent air?

In this nuptial joy apart,

Oh my heart,

Whither shall we lonely fare?

Seek some dusky, twilight spot,

Quite

Of the Autumn's Bacchic fire.

Where soft mists and shadows sleep,

There

Barren longing's vain desire.

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Emma Lazarus

Emma Lazarus (July 22, 1849 – November 19, 1887) was an American author of poetry, prose, and translations, as well as an activist for Jewish ca…

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