Autumn Twilight
Cornwall Bridge, Connecticut
Rich afterglows of Autumn
Fill all the world with light
And elm and oak and maple
Loom up like fire in flight,
And golden is the valley,
And golden is the hill,
And golden is the first star
At twilight's window-sill.
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Harry Kemp (1883-1960)
from Chanteys and Ballads, 1920
[Poem is in the public domain in Canada and the United States]
Harry Kemp biography
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