BESIDES the autumn poets sing,
A few prosaic days
A little this side of the snow
And that side of the haze.
A few incisive mornings,
A few ascetic eves, ~
Gone Mr. Bryant's golden-rod,
And Mr. Thomson's sheaves.
Still is the bustle in the brook,
Sealed are the spicy valves;
Mesmeric fingers softly touch
The eyes of many elves.
Perhaps a sqirrel may remain,
My sentiments to share.
Grant me, O Lord, a sunny mind,
Thy windy will to bear !
~ When Emily died in 1886, her sister Lavina found a box containing hundreds of poems ~ the first set was published in 1890.
