EARLY AUTUMN DAYS 



again take up the thread of life, while others can 

 only pass on the task to their successors. 



Gay borders that had grown almost dull and dreary SEPTEMBER 



BORDERS 



are now ablaze again, soft tones are almost gone IN THE GARDEN 



and the pure yellows of perennial sunflowers and 

 rudbeckias encircle keen dark eyes. 



I wander down the well-kept sward 

 Which gallant Phloxes grace and guard, 

 And while their autumn scent is sweet 

 Gaze on the Rainbows at my feet ; 



their masses of rich lovely colours un dimmed by great 

 scarlet gladioli as they 



Unplait their green and break to flame, 



where early aster blues gather together, sentinelled 

 by stately clumps of the old ' red-hot poker.' 



There is a wealth and fulness of colour in these 

 fine autumn fellows, who have been busy all the spring 

 and summer husbanding their strength, and who run 

 riot in their splendour, displaying their gorgeous hues. 

 Somehow they seem to realise that they must out-do 

 the spring and summer blossoms; then, the violet 

 seemed rich enough to satisfy now, our appetite 

 needs a mass of purple Jackmani ; then, a tuft of 



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