THE AUTUMN POET ANSWERED

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXV, Issue 19, 9 May 1907, Page 37

THE AUTUMN POET ANSWERED

' The sky is changed.' It must be, yes. ' And sere leaves fall.'* They can't do less. ' Thei ripened corn is stacked.' Of course. ' And fruit to market gone.' Perforce. ' The scented hay is mown.' ,It >Ls. 1 And days grow short.' We f ve noticed this. ' The bracing air is keen.' Oh, true ! ' Arid sportsmen take the field.' They do. ' Sweet singing birds are mute.' Agreed. 1 And chestnuts rain.' Oh, yes • indeed ! ' Majestic autumn broods.' That's so. Now tell us something we don't know !