Page:The Romance of Nature; or, The Flower-Seasons Illustrated.djvu/263

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AUTUMN.




Then came the Automne, all in yellow clad,
As tho' she ioyed in her plenteous store,
Laden with fruits that made her laugh, full glad.
******** Upon her head a wreath, which was enrold
With ears of corne of every sort, she bore;
And in her hand a sickle she did holde,
To reape the ripen'd fruits the which the earth did yold.

Spenser.