The morns are meeker than they were－1
The nuts are getting brown－
The berry's cheek is plumper－
The Rose is out of town.
The Maple wears a gayer scarf－5
The field a scarlet gown－
Lest I should be old fashioned
I'll put a trinket on.
The nuts are getting brown－
The berry's cheek is plumper－
The Rose is out of town.
The Maple wears a gayer scarf－5
The field a scarlet gown－
Lest I should be old fashioned
I'll put a trinket on.
(F.32/J.12)
[1–3] meeker, brown, plumper:: a hint on autumn.
[5] Maple, scarf:: to personify the maple, a hint that the narrator is a plant.
[7] I:: a flower, an autumn bell. old fashioned:: past the prime, autumnal.
[8] trinket:: the bell-shape flower of the autumn bell.
Autumn Bell Flower. Here we have our autumnal fringed gentians, Gentiana crinita. ─ Proceedings of the Essex Institute (1856)
