"We know that autumn does not begin with the turning of the leaves but earlier on some forgotten afternoon when a shadow passes over the fields and it is no longer summer."
Does anyone know the origin of the above? I've looked in several quote books and paged through poetry anthologies. Couldn't find the author. Also did a search online and all I came up with was the phrase used on a blog. It was used as newsman Frank McGee's epitaph, I'm told.
McGee did a documentary called "The American Revolution of '63" about the civil rights movement and he led off the broadcast with a stirring introduction that included that quote, apparently original to him.
The following website has the full introduction. The second paragraph has the quote:
