Autumn Within

uswritten by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

It is autumn; not without
But within me is the cold.
Youth and spring are all about;
It is I that have grown old.

Birds are darting through the air,
Singing, building without rest;
Life is stirring everywhere,
Save within my lonely breast.

There is silence: the dead leaves
Fall and rustle and are still;
Beats no flail upon the sheaves,
Comes no murmur from the mill.



Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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The Fire of Drift-wood

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uswritten by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published on Wed 04.16.2008 at 23:15

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The Village Blacksmith

uswritten by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published on Sun 04.06.2008 at 04:10

Under a spreading chestnut tree
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uswritten by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published on Fri 03.21.2008 at 14:52

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The White Man's Foot

uswritten by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, published on Fri 03.14.2008 at 21:46

In his lodge beside a river,
Close beside a frozen river,
Sat an old man, sad and lonely.
White his hair was as a snow-drift;

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