Love

The Leaves Are Falling; So Am I

by Walter Savage Landor 1775–1864

From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)

Love

The leaves are falling; so am I;
The few late flowers have moisture in the eye;
So have I too.
Scarcely on any bough is heard
Joyous, or even unjoyous, bird
The whole wood through.
Winter may come: he brings but nigher
His circle (yearly narrowing) to the fire
Where old friends meet:
Let him; now heaven is overcast,
And spring and summer both are past,
And all things sweet.

MLA

Landor, Walter Savage. “The Leaves Are Falling; So Am I.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/453/.

Chicago

Landor, Walter Savage. “The Leaves Are Falling; So Am I.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/453/.

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