Poem : October Gave A Party

October’s Party

October gave a party;

  The leaves by hundreds came—

The Chestnuts, Oaks, and Maples,

  And leaves of every name.

The Sunshine spread a carpet,

  And everything was grand,

Miss Weather led the dancing,

  Professor Wind the band.

The Chestnuts came in yellow,

  The Oaks in crimson dressed,

The lovely Misses Maple

  In scarlet looked their best;

All balanced to their partners,

  And gaily fluttered by;

The sight was like a rainbow

  New-fallen from the sky.

Then, in the rustic hollow,

  At hide-and-seek they played,

The party closed at sundown,

  And everybody stayed.

Professor Wind played louder;

  They flew along the ground;

And then the party ended

  In jolly “hands around.”

--George Cooper