tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14171513.post112976310316837822..comments2023-10-12T03:32:48.290-05:00Comments on Mei Flower: I Gripe about the WeatherMeihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08204888054625065885noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14171513.post-1129810095096484472005-10-20T07:08:00.000-05:002005-10-20T07:08:00.000-05:00Autumn is just a state of mind. Rilke said it best...Autumn is just a state of mind. Rilke said it best: <BR/> Autumn Day <BR/><BR/>Lord: it is time. The huge summer has gone by.<BR/>Now overlap the sundials with your shadows,<BR/>and on the meadows let the wind go free.<BR/><BR/>Command the fruits to swell on tree and vine;<BR/>grant them a few more warm transparent days,<BR/>urge them on to fulfillment then, and press<BR/>the final sweetness into the heavy wine. <BR/><BR/>Whoever has no house now, will never have one.<BR/>Whoever is alone will stay alone,<BR/>will sit, read, write long letters through the<BR/>evening,<BR/>and wander the boulevards, up and down,<BR/>restlessly, while the dry leaves are blowing.<BR/><BR/>Translated by Stephen Mitchell, <BR/>"The Selected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke" (Random House)<BR/><BR/>- SteveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com