It is autumn; not without
But within me is the cold.
Youth and spring are all about;
It is I that have grown old.
Birds are darting through the air,
Singing, building without rest;
Life is stirring everywhere,
Save within my lonely breast.
There is silence: the dead leaves
Fall and rustle and are still;
Beats no flail upon the sheaves,
Comes no murmur from the mill.
More verses by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
- Silent Love. (From The German)
- Ultima Thule: Dedication To G. W. G.
- To William E. Channing
- Son Of The Evening Star, The
- By The Seaside : The Evening Star