Nature
In September
From Songs of Peace (1917)
Still are the meadowlands, and still
Ripens the upland corn,
And over the brown gradual hill
The moon has dipped a horn.
The voices of the dear unknown
With silent hearts now call,
My rose of youth is overblown
And trembles to the fall.
My song forsakes me like the birds
That leave the rain and grey,
I hear the music of the words
My lute can never say.
Codex Note
Still meadowlands and ripening upland corn under a moon 'like a horn'. In the last lines he hears 'the music of the words my lute can never say'.
Cite this poem
MLA
Ledwidge, Francis. “In September.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/ledwidge/45/.
Chicago
Ledwidge, Francis. “In September.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/ledwidge/45/.
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