Tárogató, 1939-1940 (2. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)
1939-10-01 / 4. szám
October, 1939 The Mellow Season October days in Canada have a mellowness that we find in no other season of the year. Once we have had a few nights of frost, the leaves take on their tints of red and gold and make an unforgettable picture. Blue asters and golden rod line the roadsides. Burning straw stacks brighten the evening sky. If we had no calendar to remind us, all these signs would point to autumn the season of fruition. We walk through the woods and the leaves make a soft rustle under our feet. “Glad leaves, all ruddy, russet, green and golden, Across my pathway hurled, You bring a dream of nature’s rarest beauty, Into this barren world.” Where the summer birds sang all is now quiet save for the chatter of sparrows. The little squirrels scamper across the grass garnering the last acorns. All nature is preparing for the approaching winter. But while it lasts there is nothing to compare with the rare beauty of autumn. It is the nature lover’s paradise. It brings to mind the ending of Bliss Carman’s poem “Trees’’, in which he describes the beauty and usefulness of the trees that were planted by God, for every purpose of man: “He made them of every grain and girth For the use of man in the Garden of Earth. Then lest the soul should not lift her eyes From the gift to the Giver of Paradise On the crown of a hill for all to see, God planted a scarlet maple tree.” —Selected. BOARD OF HOME MISSIONS, The United Church of Canada Wesley Buildings, 299 Queen Street West, Toronto 2, Ont.
