The goldenrod is yellow,
The corn is turning brown
The trees in apple orchards
With fruit are bending down.
New England Asters and Goldenrod
Burton Wetlands State Nature Preserve
Geauga County, Ohio
The gentian's bluest fringes
Are curling in the sun;
In dusty pods the milkweed
Its hidden silk has spun;
The sedges flaunt their harvest
The sedges flaunt their harvest
In every meadow nook,
And asters by the brookside
Make asters in the brook.
From dewy lanes at morning
The grapes' sweet odor rise;
At noon the roads all flutter
With yellow butterflies-
Sedge Meadow
Midewin National Tall Grass Prairie
Wilmington, Illinois
By all these lovely tokens
September's days are here,
With summer's best of weather
And Autumn's best of cheer.
"September"
Helen Hunt Jackson
(1830-1885)
American poetess, writer, and Indian activist,
Author of the book,
"A Century Of Dishonor"
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