. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America . UPLAND SHOOTING. 257 AUTUMN SHOOTING. It is brilliant Autumn time, the most brilliant time of all,When the gorgeous woods are gleainiii;; ere the leaves begin to fall;When the maple boughs are crimson, and the hickory shines like gold,When the noons are sultry hot, and the nights are frosty cold; When the country has no green but the sword-grass by the rill,And the willows in the valley, and the pine upon the hill;When the pippin leaves the bough, and the sumachs fruit is red,And the Cluail is pipin
. Frank Forester's Field sports of the United States, and British provinces, of North America . UPLAND SHOOTING. 257 AUTUMN SHOOTING. It is brilliant Autumn time, the most brilliant time of all,When the gorgeous woods are gleainiii;; ere the leaves begin to fall;When the maple boughs are crimson, and the hickory shines like gold,When the noons are sultry hot, and the nights are frosty cold; When the country has no green but the sword-grass by the rill,And the willows in the valley, and the pine upon the hill;When the pippin leaves the bough, and the sumachs fruit is red,And the Cluail is piping loud from the buckwheat where he fed ; When the sky is blue as steel, and the river clear as glass,When the mist is on the mountain, and the network on the grass;When the harvests all are housed and the farmers work is done,And the woodland is resounding with the spaniels and the gun;. ( R is the season of the sports-mans adoration ; to him, the loverof boon nature in her loveliestmdod, these days are not, as in his beautiful poem hasdescribed them, to him at least, the melancholy days, the sad-dest of the year, nor, with alldeference to that sweet bard andmoralist of the woods and waters,can I agree with him as to the tone of sentiment and feeling exci-ted by the contemplation of the scenery of an American is true that we know ourselves to be looking upon, as itwere, a hectic loveliness, which, like the glow on the cheek ofconsumptive beauty, is the precursor of decay and death. Still,so exquisite is that beauty, so delicious the temperature, theatmosphere, the aspect of the skies ; so gorgeous the hues offorest-mantled mountain and deep woodland, that to me the17 258 FRANK foresters FIELD SPORTS. r)rcmise of spring and the fullness of summer are both inferiorto ihe serene and calm decline of the woodland year. It leadsto death indeed; but it se
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