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Literary
November 11, 1848
Sunbury American
Sunbury, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania
What is this article about?
A prose reflection on autumn's melancholy yet beautiful decline, evoking piety and reminders of human mortality, life's transience, and divine order through falling leaves and seasonal change.
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AUTUMN.
"The melancholy days have come,
The saddest of the year"—
and yet the most beautiful—for however bright and gay, and joyous, other seasons may be, there is a rare beauty in the dying away of the many hued vegetation, which makes a deep impression on the lover of God and nature, filling the heart with piety, and imparting to the season a glory surpassing far the grandeur of Spring. There is in fact, more heart in this season, than in all the others of the year, and it is justly calculated to turn the mind to the Supreme Beneficence which has made even decay and death so glorious; while as the once green leaves fall to the ground, we are reminded that man, too cometh forth as a flower and is cut down—
"that all flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass." It is the figure of the down-hill of life, and even the silent falling of the leaf, speaks to us in the voice of Him who "changeth the times and the seasons," telling of the approach of the autumn of life, and winter, and death, when the murmuring rills shall be stopped, and the vital current frozen.
"The melancholy days have come,
The saddest of the year"—
and yet the most beautiful—for however bright and gay, and joyous, other seasons may be, there is a rare beauty in the dying away of the many hued vegetation, which makes a deep impression on the lover of God and nature, filling the heart with piety, and imparting to the season a glory surpassing far the grandeur of Spring. There is in fact, more heart in this season, than in all the others of the year, and it is justly calculated to turn the mind to the Supreme Beneficence which has made even decay and death so glorious; while as the once green leaves fall to the ground, we are reminded that man, too cometh forth as a flower and is cut down—
"that all flesh is grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass." It is the figure of the down-hill of life, and even the silent falling of the leaf, speaks to us in the voice of Him who "changeth the times and the seasons," telling of the approach of the autumn of life, and winter, and death, when the murmuring rills shall be stopped, and the vital current frozen.
What sub-type of article is it?
Essay
What themes does it cover?
Seasonal Cycle
Nature
Death Mortality
What keywords are associated?
Autumn
Melancholy
Nature
Mortality
Piety
Seasons
Decay
Literary Details
Title
Autumn.
Key Lines
"The Melancholy Days Have Come,
The Saddest Of The Year"—
"That All Flesh Is Grass, And All The Glory Of Man As The Flower Of The Grass."
It Is The Figure Of The Down Hill Of Life, And Even The Silent Falling Of The Leaf, Speaks To Us In The Voice Of Him Who "Changeth The Times And The Seasons,"