Nature
An Autumn Breeze
From An American Anthology (1900)
Nature
This gentle and half melancholy breeze
Is but a wandering Hamlet of the trees,
Who finds a tongue in every lingering leaf
To voice some subtlety of sylvan grief.
Cite this poem
MLA
Hayne, William Hamilton. “An Autumn Breeze.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/hayne_wh/5/.
Chicago
Hayne, William Hamilton. “An Autumn Breeze.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/hayne_wh/5/.
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