PUPILS’ GARDENS AT THE SCHOOL, WYCOMBE ABBEY 
AUTUMN 
Summer hath a close, 
And pansies bloom not in the snows , 1 
is a pretty sentiment, and the words are true; 
but yet they do not seem to contain the whole 
truth, for they ignore that lovely season of 
golden sheaves and golden leaves that crowns 
the year. As spring is a time of hope and 
expectancy, so autumn is one of fulfilment. 
Everything in nature has finished its work, 
and it is the season of completeness and 
1 Elizabeth Barrett Browning. 
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