‘WHERE shall we go for our garlands glad
At the falling of the year,
When the burnt-up banks are yellow and sad,
When the boughs are yellow and sere?
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I am enthralled by this poet's voice. He lived so long ago, his verse should be archaic but it reads so smooth and carries such beauty and emotion.
Adam Lindsay Gordon wrote with rhyme, rhythm and his verses were metered... hallmark of a great classical poet.