Nature
Autumn (Care flieth)
From New Poems (1896)
Nature
Care flieth,
Hope and Fear together:
Love dieth
In the Autumn weather.
For a friend
Even Care is pleasant:
When Fear doth end
Hope is no more present:
Autumn silences the turtle-dove: --
In blank Autumn who could speak of love?
Cite this poem
MLA
Rossetti, Christina. “Autumn (Care flieth).” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/474/.
Chicago
Rossetti, Christina. “Autumn (Care flieth).” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/rossetti_c/474/.
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