{signs of fall}

the winds will blow their own freshness into you,
and the storms their energy,
while cares will drop away from you
like the leaves of Autumn.
[john muir]

come said the wind to
the leaves one day,
come o're the meadows
and we will play.
put on your dresses
scarlet and gold,
for summer is gone
and the days grow cold.
[a children's song of the 1880's]