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rather by tlie weather than by the calendar. We 

 often see them vanish in October ; and we some- 

 times see a fine autumnal effect in the beginning 

 of November ; nay, even later, we may trace the 

 beauties of the declining year, and 



' Catcli the last smile 

 Of Autumn beaming o'er the yeUow woods.' 



Even when the beauty of the landscape is gone, 



the charms of Autumn may remain. After the 



rage of summer is abated, and before the rigours 



of winter are yet set in, there are often days of 



such heavenly temperature, that every mind must 



feel their effect. Thompson, to whom the beauties 



of Nature were familiar, thus describes a day of 



this kind : — 



' The morning shines, 

 Serene in all its dewy beauties bright, 

 Unfolding fair the last autumnal day. 

 O'er all the soul its sacred influence breathes. 

 Inflames imagination, through the breast 

 Infuses every tenderness, and, far 

 Beyond dim earth, exalts the swelling thought.' 



To the picturesque beauties of Autumn we may 

 add, that the setting sun, at that season, is com- 

 monly richer than when the days are of the same 



