Poem by Thomas Hood

Autumn (The Autumn is old)

The Autumn is old,
The sere leaves are flying;--
He hath gather'd up gold,
And now he is dying;--
Old Age, begin sighing!

The vintage is ripe,
The harvest is heaping;--
But some that have sow'd
Have no riches for reaping;--
Poor wretch, fall a-weeping!

The year's in the wane,
There is nothing adorning,
The night has no eve,
And the day has no morning;--
Cold winter gives warning.

The rivers run chill,
The red sun is sinking,
And I am grown old,
And life is fast shrinking;
Here's enow for sad thinking!

1. The Departure of Summer
2. Ballad (She's up and gone, the graceless girl)
3. Stanzas (Is there a bitter pang for love removed)
4. The Two Peacocks of Bedfont
5. Written in Keats' “Endymion”

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