My days are in the yellow leaf;  
  The flowers and fruits of Love are gone;  
  The worm — the canker, and the grief  
  Are mine alone!
On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year, st. 2 (1824)
My days are in the yellow leaf;  
  The flowers and fruits of Love are gone;  
  The worm — the canker, and the grief  
  Are mine alone!
On This Day I Complete My Thirty-Sixth Year, st. 2 (1824)