Emily Dickinson

Dec. 10, 1830 - May 15, 1886

 

Autumn

by Emily Dickinson

The morns are meeker than they were,
The nuts are getting brown;
The berry's cheek is plumper,
The rose is out of town.

The maple wears a gayer scarf,
The field a scarlet gown.
Lest I should be old-fashioned,
I'll put a trinket on.

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Poems
Copyright 1890
Little, Brown, And Company, Boston