Written In Autumn.
By John Clare
Checq'd Autumn, doubly sweet is thy declining, To meditate within this 'wilder'd shade; To view the wood in its pied lustre shining, And catch thy varied beauties as they fade; Where o'er broad hazel-leaves thy pencil mellows, Red as the glow that morning's opening warms, And ash or maple 'neath thy colour yellows, Robbing some sunbeam of its setting charms: I would say much of what now meets my eye, But beauties lose me in variety. O for the warmth of soul and 'witching measure, Expressing semblance, Poesy, which is thine, And Genius' eye to view this transient treasure, That Autumn here might lastingly decline.
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