=Austin T. Earle,[89] 1821-.=
From "Warm Hearts had We."
=406.=
The autumn winds were damp and cold,
And dark the clouds that swept along,
As from the fields, the grains of gold
We gathered, with the husker's song.
Our hardy forms, though thinly clad,
Scarce felt the winds that swept us by,
For she a child, and I a lad,
Warm hearts had we, my Kate and I.
We heaped the ears of yellow corn,
More worth than bars of gold to view:
The crispy covering from it torn,
The noblest grain that ever grew;
Nor heeded we, though thinly clad,
The chilly winds that swept us by;
For she a child, and I a lad,
Warm hearts had we, my Kate and I.
[Footnote 89: Was born in Tennessee; a well-known Western writer of both verse and prose.]
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=Thomas Buchanan Read, 1822-1872.= (Manual, p. 523.)
From "Sylvia, or the Last Shepherd."