Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1891-10-22
For the Ellsworth American
How Autumn Tints are Made.

The sun. round as shield, came down the
west.
And. pallid. sank into sea of gold;
Ana Though the glorious Indian Summer
The hills in liveried splendors manifold.
fuil well we knew blight was on the rose
Ana queenly Summt bad resigned her reign
fell into slumber's sweet repose.
And legendary dream ran through my brain.
MethouRht l saw Peri whom I'd seen
with Springs Young gariands braided in her
But now with robes of sober hue serene
About her form; her face was passing fair.
She stood before my window where the light
Pulsed through the vines that chequered it
about;
Then. as reluctant, into somber night
Hating she went, like one in troubled doubt
Soon full in flight she clomb the leaning hill
That sleeps epgirt by rugged mountain arms :;
Strong arms that guard with loves persistent
will
The passes to her solitary charms.
One hand uplifted gracefully she bore
burning rush to light the doubtful way;
Where lorn and chill the flowers OF Summer
lay.
By the dark ferns that fringed the hidden
spring,
Down the curved vale and up the bosky hight :;
Scarce swifter cleaves the air the swallows
wing,
Than flew her fairy feet through starless night
On. on she sped. nor purposeless nor rude
For in Gods fanes she knew and loved so
WE'LL
Fanes where the .mit flowers die in solitude,
Her farewell tears in lingering sorrow tell
All. when saw the Peri's limpid tear
So like pearl. as cooriess of hue;
| said, behold. the tears see shed here
Are Loves last gift distilled from heavens
dew"
" ith tender grace she bent above each flow'r,
And lovingly bestowed a fond csress;
Heaven bushed all voices at the parting hour.
And Angels felt the plaint of The distress.
Here in the silent Watches OF the night
Cnmpsnioned by dead flowers and faded leaf;
She heard the hurrying North-winds in their
flight,
And ,ainy fed her hungry heart on grief
Way:
The feeble brand died on the path she irod;
Lost and 10 bew ildering gloom prev,
She PROSTATE bowed her on the midnight sod.
Twas here amid the Summers lingering
bloom.
Where fields take on Sep,embers solemn
brown;
That in the sweet half melancholy gloom,
Sleep. laughing. kissed her heavy eyelids
down.
Scarce had the wandering Angel quit the
scene.
When. vsuliing down the gray old mountain
flank,
There came crested youth of knightIy mien.
Unheraided. but yet OF kingly rank.
out from the far Norih's guarded gates he
came,
With temples laureled from The purpling vine
And pumes all fragrant OF ainbrosisl fame
W hose rubric glow lights up the Autumn's
shrine.
He paused beside the Peri while she slept
And saw the dying taper 10 her hand:
On noiseiess foot through faded bowers he
crept,
The hand unloosed: he raped the magic wand.
l marked MIN well, the >eIf-relant face
Was like Il gods: and high above his head
He held aloit the stolen wizard mace,
That turns TO Fairyland all meadows dead.
Saw him where the DIV xrfoak's dark green
leaves
Shape rustic awning DER the wild birds
house;
Where fossy milkweed round the huddled
sheayes.
Homes the " ee family OF the timid mouse.
W hat fow'r the Peri's holy tears had bess'd,
W bat leaf had trembled in her sngel breath;
Before them bowed the swart knights
hsughty crest
To consecrate the auguries OF their DEATH
Aud 10; the wand became an Artists BRUSH
Inspired with pictures from the Poets
thought;
And here il waved or fell conscious blush
And loveest idyls on the leaves were wrought.
So through the long, long hours OF manted
night
He dipped the scepter in the Peri's tears;
And dying leaves took on a heavenly light,
Their symboed life beyond their life OF years.
Thus came the tints while distant bells were
tOlling.
In vacant chambers of the midnight sky,
And though the leaf and rose died with the
knoling,
The mt mory Of their beauty may not die.
A. S. CONDON.
Ogden, Utah, Oct /. 1891.