Nature
Torch-Light in Autumn
From An American Anthology, 1787-1900, ed. E. C. Stedman (1900)
Nature
I lift this sumach-bough with crimson flare,
And, touched with subtle pangs of dreamy pain,
Through the dark wood a torch I seem to bear
In Autumn's funeral train.
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Piatt, John James. “Torch-Light in Autumn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/piatt/9/.
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Piatt, John James. “Torch-Light in Autumn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/piatt/9/.
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