English Poetry. Katherine Mansfield. Autumn Song. Кэтрин Мэнсфилд.

Katherine Mansfield (Кэтрин Мэнсфилд)

Autumn Song

Now’s the time when children’s noses
All become as red as roses
And the colour of their faces
Makes me think of orchard places
Where the juicy apples grow,
And tomatoes in a row.

And to-day the hardened sinner
Never could be late for dinner,
But will jump up to the table
Just as soon as he is able,
Ask for three times hot roast mutton--
Oh! the shocking little glutton.

Come then, find your ball and racket,
Pop into your winter jacket,
With the lovely bear-skin lining.
While the sun is brightly shining,
Let us run and play together
And just love the autumn weather.

Katherine Mansfield’s other poems:

1. The Town Between the Hills
2. Song by the Window Before Bed
3. Song of the Little White Girl
4. The Arabian Shawl
5. Villa Pauline

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Dante Rossetti (Данте Россетти) Autumn Song (“Know’st thou not at the fall of the leaf”)

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