Expert: Ted Nesbitt - 11/6/2009

Question
CAn't remember poem my nana used to resite. Begins like,
"Come little leaves said the wind one day"

Answer
Teresa:

The poet is George Cooper and the poem appears in many anthologies.  I started to type the verses of "Come Little Leaves" for you, but I discovered that another Allexpert [in poetry] answered this question three years ago.  Here is the complete text as offered by Clare Washbrook.

Ted Nesbitt

COME LITTLE LEAVES
by George Cooper

"Come, little leaves," said the wind one day,
"Come over the meadows with me, and play;
Put on your dresses of red and gold;
Summer is gone, and the days grow cold."

Soon as the leaves heard the wind's loud call,
Down they came fluttering, one and all;
Over the brown fields they danced and flew,
Singing the solf little songs they knew.

"Cricket, good-bye, we've been friends so long;
Little brook, sing us your farewell song-
Say you're sorry to see us go;
Ah! you are sorry, right well we know.

"Dear little lambs, in your fleecy fold,
Mother will keep you from harm and cold;
Fondly we've watched you in vale and glade;
Say, will you dream of our loving shade?"

Dancing and whirling the little leaves went;
Winter had called them and they were content-
Soon fast asleep in their earthy beds,
The snow laid a soft mantle over their heads.