Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-10-20
AUTUMN COL0RS.

AUTUMN COL0RS.
Most wondrous autumn colors
Are all blazing in the sun;
Jack Frost has used his brushes
AS Jack Frost has seldom done;
He has painted field and forest
From the mountain tc .he sea,
With all colors of the rainbow,
Gree Of chargc) for you and mo.
And his tint;ng of the maple
Is SO lelicately done
That no artists skill can match him
In these marvcls, once begun
And wrought out anew each morning
On the mountain, in the vale,
On the poplar and the oal1-tree,
BY the river-on the trail
Everywhere. in all the country.
Are his brilliant pictures shown
On the canvas of Dame Nature
Spread throughout the temperate zone
For the cheer and entertainment
or Gods creatures, great and small;
But for man, the greatest pleasure,
AS he dominates them all.
In the fine October season
There is staged Il rivalry
As to which of all the timbers
Can enrobe most wondrously.
First of all is comedy maple,
Decked in tints of mystery
When Jack Frost, out with his paint
brush.
Scatters colors recklcssly.
Here touch Of deep vermillion;
There stain of crimson thread;
Next spray of yellow color
Followed by pinkish red.
Then he uses golden tncture
And a splash of evening gray.
Next he borrows purple vintage
And DER all the suns bright ray.
What II dainty little maiden
Is Miss Maple when thus clad:
But she's not the only lady
VINO can win a nature-lad.
For there is our Madam Oak-tree.
Who is not so intricate
In the manner of her wardrobe.
Though her charms may captivatc.
For the fashion of her costume
Follows deep and sober hues
Indicating strength, endurance,
Poise, sobriety, recluse;
And, when given proper setting,
Near the forest evergreen,
In the shadow of q rock-cliff,
Then her deep blush may be seen.
Nor should we, in this quaint contest
OF the colors of the Fall,
Overlook the modest dogwood,
Or the poplar. slim and tall;
Or the chestnut, with its yellow,
Or the shumack, with its glow
All are necessary members
In the caste of Natures show.
But, to get the blended picture,
Frontice-piece in Natures book,
Climb mountain in Burke's Garden.
Cast your eye-fail not to look
At the mystic panoroma
Where all colors meet and blend
On the Alleghany's summit
Where the world stands up on end!
Where volcanoes mighty action
Once cast up cretor's crest;
Then subsidized till the waters
Took possession. came to rest.
A placid lake formed for the fishes.
Then burst through, creating Gan,
Leaving fertile, rolling valley
Ready for bluegrass cap.
Sweep this valley, in the autumn,
With an eye for beauty's feast
On all colors of the rainbow.
Mingled. greatest with the least
Where Jack Frost upset his paint
pot.
Color splashed, from every crest,
over pasture, over woodland,
Meadow, lawn. and all the rest
One great canvas. thus created,
Where the Mississippi heads,
Leads the earth for scenic beauty.
Shown on Natures movie boards:
And no charges for admission
At the valleys entrance Gap,
Where this unique nature painting
Rests secure in Natures lap.-F. A.
Groseclose. Burke's Garden, Oct. 10.
Dedicated to Mother, at whose bed
side, during her last illness, these
lines were written.
Note-During several of the weeks
in October, the weather in Burke's
Garden was ideal. Few leaves had
turned. Several frosts came about the
18th or 10th, turning the foliage of
the timber in night. The process
was hastened by each succeedirN
frost; and no man ever beheld more
beautiful picture.-F. A, G.