He Says Goodbye in November by Frances Darwin Cornford

You say you know that nature never grieves:
I also see the acquiescent leaves
Fall down and rot
As down the derelict statue runs the rain;
But you believe that spring will come again
And I do not.

From: http://www.ablemuse.com/erato/showthread.php?t=342

Date: 1954

By: Frances Darwin Cornford (1886-1960)