i>z - ai d :: ...... '~F Y: .. OCTIE•110N. . illointh of the iris hues,and bnlnsy alt.; , • , Wien. Summer lends its snit,"witt softened , Wien iveodlandS eierywliere ap-t pear, Ilion art indeed the finnset of the year:" Wherieumrqer's tints have from the 4ardens grO blend in opal softness; inicrhean; Aad Summer's fragrance, shed from flowers . toe fair, ' • 9colmt on .earth, seems lingering in the air. We - welcome thee, and , all thyliright array, Wherein the colors of the rainbow play. We welcome 'thee, and, all thy tountebus ' cheer, '.Arid gaze upon the sunset of the year. The .soft blue rivers through the meadows •Where bordering forests in the ripples show Their mingling tints ; and where ' smooth 'waters ran, • Vend with the pictured forests, into 6 ne. Me 'lofty hills conceal their summits' shapes 7n-blue as soft as hides the purple grapes ; While on their sides t4e•towering evergreen, With •many a gayer 'comrade, scarce is seen. , The robins flocking on the wooded bill • • Their little crops with autumn berries Jill, Then take to flight, no more tor us to sing, Wutil returning with the welcome spring. Ithe crows, collecting 'Where the sunlight • poniri Wimp the groves that echo with their "caws," Jain the bright bluebird, and the noisy jay, --Ili' chanting praises of ;the autumn day. "Now With the coolneseof the' days of spring, We-feel the Wartoth that June's bright laours bring, _ , • •Jkatilblended beauties in thy '