Show The Earths Earth's Tired Guest Quest Lam TIRED Autumn is paying another visit to the earth Stern old Time has again opened Seasons Season's door and permitted the tottering step to be heard echoing through natures nature's corridor The music t in the sighing breezes and the harmony it in the cloud that seems to join earth and sky only add another line to the song autumn is faintly singing Hillside Hillside Hillside Hill Hill- side and valley wait to receive this 2 tired guest and as he visits here and andt t there he fantastically traces in colors of red and gold the decorations of natures nature's studio Gentle spring graceful and glorious summer restless and tired autumn and cold winter are marvelous artists and each in his turn adds another touch to the earths earth's wonderful picture The frail leaves II shining from their glossy stems like many a golden goldenstar star desperately flutter as the laughing laughing laughing laugh laugh- ing wind drives them from their summer summer summer sum sum- mer home One by one they fade one by one they fall till natures nature's drapery is gone and the trees stand gaunt and tall awaiting the tender benediction of Novembers November's rain tain Though they now lie cold and lifeless the they are the same leaves that danced in the glory of a sunny da day Now natures nature's holiday with its festivities is over Summers Summer's splendor splendor splendor dor is gone Gloriously did dip those dainty green leaves harmonize with the sublimity of a perfect day Gloriously do they now harmonize with the misty realms of autumns autumn's home Faintly they join in the orchestra of nature and though perhaps their song is is not now nr so grand it is fully as perfect Each leaf has its unspoken meaning each s its life and work and mission but W now they have served their day and andare andare are sadly falling Yes i Fluttering falling flying fast Whirling high on autumns autumn's blast Wilted withered wrinkled and dead j Brown and yellow and russet red j Glints here and there oer o'er head head head- Falling like Summer rain rain Hustling rustling under ones one's feet Leaves that were once so green and sweet Emerald fans of dainty fold Fit for a fairy queen to hold Purple alder and russet oak j Fair as flowers when spring awoke Swept to earth by the frost kings king's stroke The leaves the leaves are falling So sings the poet Watch the leaves as they are tossed here and there weary for their last resting place Watch them as they leave their earthly home for their work is ended ende Nature willingly gives her years year's offering to autumn in remembrance of his glory Though he does not not- bring the warmth and joy that accompanied the guests before his visit still his lesson is fully as grand and fully as exalting To the lover of nature autumns autumn's faint song is inspiring for she gives this guest a grand reception in which all creation is is is invited to celebrate the evening of the year Many of the heavenly flowers that grace our earth have departed with summer and her train tram but the gentle and graceful chrysanthemum now reigns queen of the flower band Her departed departed departed de de- parted kindred are withered in the arms of autumn who tenderly sings their lullaby Remember the glorious rhapsody rhapsody hap hap- sody of life and glory summer played listen low to autumns autumn's song Theres There's rest for every worker worker- Just as their day is is done i r Theres There's s peace after every labor 3 And joy four for a day that is is won j Theres There's light and glory and gladness j a After every well-spent well day day day- Theres There's a sunbeam for every shadow To light lifes life's narrow way j Theres There's a work for all to accomplish 1 And a crown by all to be won 1 Theres There's s an aut autumn mn for every summer And a glory in in the life to come 1 A. A w r I J |