Thursday, April 8, 2010

To The Autumn Wind Comments

Rating: 3.1

O envious Autumn wind, to blow
From covert vale and woodland crest
The mellow leaves, just as they glow
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Alfred Austin
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John Mahon 09 July 2013

I believe Austin is saying that everything has its time of death, and just like Autumn wind comes sweeping the trees bare before winter, he wants it to sweep him away to before winter (a metaphor for the pain of old age) .

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