Though the sun be not so warm....

SONGS of THE AUTUMN DAYS II 

                                      by George MacDonald (1824-1905)

And though the sun be not so warm

His shining is not lost.

Both corn and hope, of heart and farm, lie hid from coming frost.

The sombre woods are richly sad

Are thoughts in solemn splendour clad

Signs  that men grow old?

Their leaves are red and gold

Strange odours haunt the doubtful brain

From fields and days gone by

And mournful memories again

Are born, are loved, and die......

The mornings clear, the evenings cool

Foretell no wintry wars

The day of dying leaves is full

The night of glowing stars.................

George MacDonald  was a Scottish minister who wrote children's poetry and fairy tales. 

He was mentor to Lewis Carroll and wrote the "Princess and the Goblin" ....(Poetry in the public domain)

 Photographs 2020