Sunday, October 6, 2024

In The Indian Summer

 IN THE INDIAN SUMMER
By Joaquin Miller.

The  squirrels  chattered  in  the  leaves,
The  turkeys  call'd  from  paw-paw  wood,
The  deer  with  lifted  nostrils  stood,
And  humming-birds  did  wind  and  weave,
Swim  round  about,  dart  in  and  out,
Through  fragrant  forest  edge  made  red,
Made  many  colored  overhead
By  climbing  blossoms  sweet  with  bee
And  yellow  rose  of  Cherokee.
Then  frost  came  by  and  touched  the  leaves;
Then  time  hung  ices  on  the  eaves;
Then  cushion-snows  possessed  the  ground,
And  so  the  seasons  kept  their  round.
Yet  still  old  Morgan  went  and  came
From  cabin  door  to  forest  dim.
Through  wold  of  snows,  through  wood  of  flame.
Through  golden   Indian-Summer  days
Hung  round  in  soft  September  haze;
And  no  man  crossed  or  questioned  him.

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