Show dow how autumn tints are made the tun sun round as a shield came down tho the west and pallid sank into lato a sea ol 01 gold aid ad though the glorious glor loui indian summer dresse the bills la in liv elverud erld splendors pUn dors manifold foil full well we know ft a blight wa was on the rose and queenly summer bad had resigned her reign I 1 tell fell into a alum berets sweet re WO and legendary dream ran through my brain I 1 saw a fort wh in n id seen with springs young garland garlands braided in her bair but now with robes ol 01 sober hue terena serene about her form her face fair she stood before my window wh re the light pulsed through the vino vine that cheque red it about th then en as r reluctant luc tant into somber night halting he she went like one in troubled doubt soon tall full in flight she the the leaning bill that sleeps engirt by rugged mountain arms strong Stron garms arms that guard with lovet loves persistent will the passes to her solitary loll tary charms I 1 one band uplifted gracefully she he boro bore A burning nun rush to light the doubtful way time worn and furrow furrows to explore where lorn and chill chin the flowers ol 01 summer lay by the dark terni ferns that fringed the bidden hidden spring down the curved tale vale and up the boty booty bight scarce twitter swifter cleaves the air the swallows lofs wing than flew flow her fairy feet through starless night on one on ahe aped nor purposeless nor rude for in godi gods fanes she knew and loved BO so well bellr dauen where the omit towers die in solitude goll tude ner her farewell tean tears in ling lingering pring borrow sorrow tell fell ahl when I 1 aw saw the limpid tear so like a pearl as a colorless of hue I 1 raid said behold the tean tears I 1 see shed here are loves last gift distilled from heavens dew I 1 with tender grace she he bent above each floar and lovingly bestowed bei towed a fond caress heaven bushed all voice at the parting hour and angela angels felt the plaint of the distress nere here in the allent silent watches watched of the night companioned Companio ned by dead flowers and faded leaf she bb heard the hurrying north worth winds in their flight bight and vainly fed her hungry heart on grief but now no more her feet could thread the way the feeble brand died on the path the she trod lost and to bewildering gloom a prey she prostrate bowed heron her on the midnight sod bod here amid the summers lingering bloom where fields take on september septembers solemn brown that in the sweet half melancholy gloom coom sleep laughing kissed her heavy eyelids down scarce had the wandering angel quit the scene beene when vaulting down the gray old mountain flank there came a crested created youth of knightly in tin U unheralded heralded but yet of kingly rank out from m the far north norths guarded gates he I 1 came with temples from the purpling vine and plumes all fragrant of ambrosial flame whose who rubric glow lights up ha the autumns shriner he n paused beside the peri pert while she slept and an d law saw the dying taper in her hand on not noiseless eeles toot foot through faded bowers he crept the hand band unloosed unlooked un loosed he raped the magic w wand and I 1 marked him well the self reliant face was like a gods and high above his hi head he ile held aloft the stolen wizard wiard mace that turns to fairyland all meadows dead I 1 saw him where the dwart dwarf oaks dark green leaves shape rustic awning owning oer the wild birds house where floady milkweed round the huddled heaves shelves homes the wee ee family of the timid mouse what floar the peris holy tear tears had bles blesse sd what leaf had trembled in her angel breath before theia them bowed the swart wart knights knight haughty crest to consecrate the au guries of their death and lo 10 the wand wind became an artists brush inspired Ins pred with pictures from the poets poet thought and where it waved or fella fell a conscious blush and loveliest idels on the leaves were wrought so through the long long hours of mantled night he ile dipped the scepter in the peris tears and dying leaves took on a heavenly light their life beyond their life of years thus came the tints tinta while distant bells were to tolling in vacant chambers of the midnight sky and though the leaf and rose died with the th knilling the memory of their beauty may not die A S CONDON OGDEN oct lot 1891 |