Rhymes Of The Months And Seasons


MARCH
With roar and bluster, fierce and wild
March, like a bold, unruly child,
So harsh and rude a temper shows,
We are not sorry when he goes.

APRIL
Fickle April next appears,
Wreathed in smiles, and bathed in tears,
For she divides the passing hours
'Twixt sunny gleams and drenching showers.

MAY
Then comes the sweet and smiling May,
Adorned with blossoms bright and gay:
In every heart, her tender grace
Secures for this dear month a place.

JUNE
Amid a wealth of splendid roses,
June her laughing face discloses:
With beauty fullest, finest, rarest,
She of months is surely fairest.

JULY
Long are the days of hot July,
Beneath his blue but ardent sky:
Guns and cannons he sets roaring,
And rockets swiftly heavenward soaring.

AUGUST
When August pours his fervid heat
O'er yellow fields of ripening wheat,
Delighted are the girls and boys,
For then they, taste Vacation's joys.

SEPTEMBER
Now the Outing Days are o'er,
And lessons must be learned once more;
Now on apple, peach, and pear,
September lets us richly fare.

OCTOBER
Oh, the bright October days,
When woods with fiery colour blaze,
And Indian Summer's golden glow
Makes Nature's beauty fairer show!

NOVEMBER
November strips the boughs quite bare,
And chills us with his frosty air;
But one good word for him we'll say:
He brings to us Thanksgiving Day.

DECEMBER
December, oh, December dear,
We all rejoice when you are here!
You have our fondest love, because
With you comes good old Santa Claus!

JANUARY
When January comes, we say good-bye
To the poor old year, who has to die,
And greet with smiles the youngster gay
Who in his place then comes to stay.

FEBRUARY
No colder month has all the year
Than February, short but drear,
Yet, though his icy blasts may freeze us,
His Valentines amuse and please us.