A TREASURY OF STORIES, J/INGLES AND RHYMES.

OCTOBER THE ARTIST.

CTOBER is an artist rare,
He paints new pictures, every day;
His colors come from who knows where ?—
Red, orange, purple, misty gray:
He touches first the maple leaf

Which biting frosts have brought to grief.

He paints the grass, and every vine
That clambers over fence or wall:
His hazel eyes mischievous shine,

For when the leaves begin to fall,

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