I saw old Autumn in the misty morn
Stand shadowless like Silence, listening
To silence.

Thomas Hood

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Topic

Autumn

Author

Thomas Hood

Source

Ode: Autumn

Medium

Poem

Language

English

Time

1827 1820s 19th century

Occupation

Poet Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Original Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode: Autumn." The Plea of the Midsummer Fairies, Hero and Leander, Lycus the Centaur and Other Poems. London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, and Green/Philadelphia: E. Littell, 1827.

Current Citation

Hood, Thomas. "Ode: Autumn." Selected Poems of Thomas Hood. Harvard University Press, 1970.

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Topic
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Speaker
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Language
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Time
1829 1820s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

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Current Citation

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