NELSON IN AUTUMN
j j (Original) | Autumn touched the poplars and they were golden, j The willows, too, and golden leaves did fall, | But, oh, beautiful sumac in my garden. You, did she beautifv most of all. I i i j Autumn touched the violets and their blue eyes opened, | I Ev’ry flower looked its gayest once more. I There are tall stately larkspurs, blue, pink and purple, | To brighten the new flower bed near the backdoor. j j The rivers seemed bluer than ever in Nelson, j j With willow boughs, gold-draped, right on the brink, j | The apples were golden and red in the orchards j | Autumn is lovely in Nelson, I think. I ’Twas God sent the Autumn, this season of beauty, To show the whole world his wonderful power. j j ’Twas He who told Autumn to open the violets, { j And to make the gay leaves fall in a shower. j | - —Elsie S. Arnold, Motupiko (13 years). j
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 12 April 1941, Page 8
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163NELSON IN AUTUMN Nelson Evening Mail, Volume 76, 12 April 1941, Page 8
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