Birds and all Nature, Vol. IV, No 4, October 1898

<h2><SPAN name="OCTOBER" id="OCTOBER"></SPAN>OCTOBER.</h2> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="verse"><span style="margin-left:-2.5em;"> <ANTIMG src="images/initial_a_2.jpg" width-obs="30" height-obs="25" alt="A" title="" /> Y, thou art welcome, heaven's delicious breath,</span></div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">When woods begin to wear the crimson leaf,</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">And suns grow meek, and the meek suns grow brief,</div> <div class="verse ">And the year smiles as it draws near its death.</div> <div class="verse ">Wind of the sunny south! oh still delay,</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">In the gay woods and in the golden air,</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">Like to a good old age released from care,</div> <div class="verse ">Journeying, in long serenity, away.</div> <div class="verse ">In such a bright, late quiet, would that I</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">Might wear out life like thee, mid bowers and brooks,</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">And, dearest yet, the sunshine of kind looks,</div> <div class="verse ">And music of kind voices ever nigh;</div> <div class="verse ">And when my last sand twinkled in the glass,</div> <div class="verse ">Pass silently from men, as thou dost pass.</div> <div class="verse ar">----<span class="sc">Bezant.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="small" /> <div class="poetry-container"> <div class="poetry"> <div class="verse">October days are stealing</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">All swiftly on their way;</div> <div class="verse">The squirrels now are working,</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">The leaves are out at play;</div> <div class="verse">The busy, busy children</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">Are gathering nuts so brown,</div> <div class="verse">And birds are gaily planning</div> <div class="verse indent-1_5">A winter out of town.</div> <div class="verse ar">----<span class="sc">Clara L. Strong.</span></div> </div></div> <hr class="chap" /> <p><span class="pagenum"><SPAN name="Page_158" id="Page_158">[Pg 158]</SPAN></span></p> <div style="break-after:column;"></div><br />