AUTUMN FIRES

In the other gardens
And all up the vale
From the autumn bonfires
See the smoke trail!

Pleasant summer over
And all the summer flowers;
The red fire blazes,
The gray smoke towers.

Sing a song of seasons!
Something bright in all!
Flowers in the summer!
Fires in the fall!

Robert Louis Stevenson.

TO AN AUTUMN LEAF

Wee shallop of shimmering gold!
    Slip down from your ways in the branches
Some fairy will loosen your hold——
    Wee shallop of shimmering gold.
Spill dew on your bows and unfold
    Silk sails for the fairest of launches!
Wee shallop of shimmering gold;
    Slip down from your ways in the branches.