The autumn leaves Are too heavy with color. The slender trees On the Vulcan Road Are dressed in scarlet and gold Like young courtesans Waiting for their lovers. But soon The winter winds Will strip their bodies bare And then The sharp, sleet-stung Caresses of the cold Will be their only Love.
In Memoriam -- Beryl Rubenstein
Song Cycle by Hale Smith (b. 1925)
?. Poème d'automone [sung text not yet checked]
Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Langston Hughes (1902 - 1967), "Poème d'Automone", appears in The Weary Blues, first published 1926
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