Beneath whose folds the trees grow pale,

And as its darkening shred-skeins crown

The yellow fields, they turn to brown,

While now a black brook bubbles down,

Star-touched, across the fading trail.

It is the hour when spirits steal

Along the path, and I can feel

The strange close-shouldering of those

Who dwell among the dim hedgerows,

Whispering things nobody knows,