THE FREETHINKER

London, England

11 November 1923

(page 718)

 

Of Autumn.

 

 

When the corn turns to gold

There’s a wind on the wold,

And Autumn brings over

Her first hint of cold.

 

The scent’s in the clover;

The swallow’s a rover;

Apples are ready

From Dryburgh to Dover.

 

The air tastes more heady

Now corn-stocks stand steady;

Each air-rillet calls

From a curling-swift eddy.

 

It’s hot by the walls

Of the garden; there falls

No leaf from the tree,

And no cow’s in the stalls.

 

The green of the lea!

The breath of the sea!

The sweat of the grass!

The toil of the bee!

 

The sky clear as glass!

The air bright as brass!

The smell of the mould

As the young breezes pass!

 

Unfold and unfold

Ere the year become old;

Earth’s glory be told

When the corn turns to gold.

 

Victor B. Neuburg