Autumn Tapestry

~ Patience Strong ~

Framed within the casement

Of my window I can see

The rich and varied colors

Of the autumn tapestry

Worked in glowing shades of red

And russet, mauve, and blue,

The garden in the foreground

And beyond, the rolling view -

Sunflowers blazing round the path

And dahlias bold and bright;

Beds of gay chrysanthemums,

Bronze, amber, rose, and white,

Massed against the mellow background

Of the distant scene,

Stretching to the far horizon,

Brown and gold and green;

Furrowed acres newly plowed,

The corn shocks, and the hay;

Orchards, stubbles, cottage roofs,

And churches old and gray;

Meadow pastures, willow-fringed,

Where flows the winding streams -

Lovely as a picture

In the tapestry of dreams.