nature's teachings.
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And when the Autumn winds all mournful sigh
Through leafless branches, then go forth and store
Thy mind with thoughts of death, and read once more
The lesson of thine own mortality.
Ay, wander forth with Nature, every glade,
Each leafy aisle amid the forest's shade
The lightning's flash—the thunder's awful roll—
The rainbow's arch—the dazzling orb of day—
The silent moon upon her pathless way—
All have mysterious tones to pierce the human soul.
Through leafless branches, then go forth and store
Thy mind with thoughts of death, and read once more
The lesson of thine own mortality.
Ay, wander forth with Nature, every glade,
Each leafy aisle amid the forest's shade
The lightning's flash—the thunder's awful roll—
The rainbow's arch—the dazzling orb of day—
The silent moon upon her pathless way—
All have mysterious tones to pierce the human soul.
