AUTUMN. 327 



Donne tells us, in poetical numbers, 



No spring or summer's beauty hath such grace, 

 As I have seen in one autumnal face. 



Pope seems equally to have regarded these grand 

 •changes of nature ; 



Not the fair fruit that on yon branches glows 

 With that ripe red th' autumnal sun bestows. 



And since to these numerous autumnal dyes 

 which nature throws over the plants of our country, 

 we have added the brilHant colours which the sun 

 bestows on the plants of China's flowery vales, and 

 the more gaudy beauties of African shores, toge- 

 ther with the vivid tints of the flowers of Columba''s 

 land, we may safely exclaim, in the words of 

 AValler, 



No, not the bow, which so adorns the skies. 

 So glorious is, or boasts so many dyes I 



