An autumn poem

[wellinghall]

No sun--no moon!
No morn--no noon--
No dawn--no dusk--no proper time of day--
No sky--no earthly view--
No distance looking blue--
No road--no street--no "t' other side the way"--
No end to any Row--
No indications where the Crescents go--
No top to any steeple--
No recognitions of familiar people--
No courtesies for showing 'em--
No knowing 'em!
To traveling at all--no locomotion,
No inkling of the way--no notion--
No go--by land or ocean--
No mail--no post--
No news from any foreign coast--
No park--no ring--no afternoon gentility--
No company--no nobility--
No warmth, no cheerfulness, no healthful ease,
No comfortable feel in any member--
No shade, no shine, no butterflies, no bees.
No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds.
November!

Thomas Hood

Comments

[tree_and_leaf]

Heh. Yesterday was a gorgeous day. Today is a holiday, and yesterday I went to bed thinking cheerfully, well, it was a clear night, and if it's nice tomorrow I can go hillwalking.

I woke to find the fog sitting right down on the town. Bah!

[sigisgrim.livejournal.com]

Well it's quite a nice day here in Brum. Slight shortage of hills to walk, though.

[tree_and_leaf]

You can't have everything!

Actually, the day's cheered up a lot, but the visibility is still absolutely rotten once you get any height at all.