| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| Autumn Memories |
| | | George Francis Savage-Armstrong (b. 1845) |
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| WHEN russet beech-leaves drift in air, | |
| And withering bracken gilds the ling, | |
| And red haws brighten hedgerows bare, | |
| And only plaintive robins sing; | |
| When autumn whirlwinds curl the sea, | 5 |
| And mountaintops are cold with haze, | |
| Then saddest thoughts revisit me,— | |
| I sit and dream of the olden days. | |
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| When chestnut-leaves lie yellow on ground, | |
| And brown nuts break the prickled husk, | 10 |
| And nests on naked boughs are found, | |
| And swallows shrill no more at dusk, | |
| And folks are glad in house to be, | |
| And up the flue the faggots blaze, | |
| Then climb my little boys my knee | 15 |
| To hear me tell of the olden days. | |
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