XXI + 

The Autumn Morning + 

See! the pale autumn dawn + 

Is faint, upon the lawn + 

That lies in powdered white + 

Of hour-frost dight + 

And now from tree to tree + 

The ghostly mist we see + 

Hung like a silver pall + 

To hallow all. + 

It wreathes the burdened air + 

So strangely everywhere + 

That I could almost fear + 

This silence drear + 

Where no one song-bird sings + 

And dream that wizard things + 

Mighty for hate or love + 

Were close above. + 

White as the fog and fair + 

Drifting through middle air + 

In magic dances dread + 

Over my head. + 

Yet these should know me too + 

Lover and bondman true, + 

One that has honoured well + 

The mystic spell + 

Of earth’s most solemn hours + 

Wherein the ancient powers + 

Of dryad, elf, or faun + 

Or leprechaun + 

Oft have their faces shown + 

To me that walked alone + 

Seashore or haunted fen + 

Or mountain glen. + 

Wherefore I will not fear + 

To walk the woodlands sere + 

Into this autumn day + 

Far, far away. + 