isa-normaladvance-1909-00001 Oct

Description:	• uwiAHA STATE KQBMAfUBIWlThe Normal AdvamcVolume XIV. TERRE HAUTE, IND., OCTOBER, 1908. Number 1.AutumnBy JOHN FRANCIS WALLERGold upon the hillsides, heaving like the seas,For the corn is yellow ripe waving in the breeze,And in orchards, apples red are weighing down the trees.Emeralds on the lowlands where the river flows.:In the pastures sweet and green, kine and sheep repose, .And the glittering dragon-fly like an earth-star glows.Silver on the broad mere, neath the noon-day light,While the fair-winged shallops skim the waters bright,And the white clouds in the sky sail in airy flight.There is brightness in the heavens, freshness in the air,Ripeness in the teeming earth, richness everywhere,For the world today is filled with all things good and fair.Glorious Autumn! well of thee poets sang of old,Gathering round thee luscious fruit, wealth of grain untold,Decking thee in regal robes of purple and of gold.We have limners painted thee in thy yellow hair,Matron with thy sun-bronzed brow, thy majestic air,Thy rounded breast, thy broad full waist, thy strong arms brown and bare.But thou art lovelier by far than poet ever sung,Or painter with his gorgeous dyes upon the canvas hung,Most bountiful, most beautiful thy season-mates among.The murmuring streams, the rustling trees, the dulcet low of herds,The song of winds, the hum of bees, the melody of birds—Gods poets they, that chant thy praise in hymns more grand than words.The golden morns, the crimson eves, the cloud sprent blue of skies,The green of meads, the yellow fields where the rich harvest lies,Gods limners they, that paint thy charms with more than artist dyes.Spring-tide is the years gay youth—Summer is its prime In Faith we watch the growth 6f Spring—in Hope the summer time But yellow Autumn, like Gods Love showers gifts on every clime.
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Collection:	Indiana State University Archives

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