The golden-rod is yellow,
The corn is turning brown,
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.
The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun,
In dusty pods the milkweed
Her hidden silk has spun.
The sedges flaunt their harvest
In every meadow nook,
And asters by the brookside
Make asters in the brook.
By all these lovely tokens
September days are here,
With summer's best of weather,
And autumn's best of cheer.
~Helen Hunt Jackson (1831-1885)
Includes student questions and vocabulary. See printable pages here, pages13-14, 1889 fourth grade reader, free and in public domain. To save or print, just right click on the image of the page at the link, otherwise you'll get the entire screen page.
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1 comment:
This is a lovely poem. I think I will show it to my children.
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