TheFallOfTheLeaf

thefalloftheleaf

thelazymisthangsfromthebrowofthehill,

concealingthecourseofthedark-windingrill;

howlanguidthescenes,latesosprightly,appear!

asautumntowinterresignsthepaleyear.

theforestsareleafless,themeadowsarebrown,

andallthegayfopperyofsummerisflown:

apartletmewander,apartletmemuse,

howquicktimeisflying,howkeenfatepursues!

howlongihaveliv'd—buthowmuchliv'dinvain,

howlittleoflife'sscantyspanmayremain,

whataspectsoldtimeinhisprogresshasworn,

whattiescruelfate,inmybosomhastorn.

howfoolish,orworse,tilloursummitisgain'd!

anddownward,howweaken'd,howdarken'd,howpain'd!

lifeisnotworthhavingwithallitcangive—

forsomethingbeyonditpoormansuremustlive.