OCTOBER'S BRIGHT BLUE WEATHER

0 suns and skies and clouds of June,

And flowers of June together,

Ye cannot rival for one hour,

October's bright blue weather

When on the ground red apples lie

In piles like jewels shining,

And redder still on old stone walls

Are leaves of woodbine twining;

When all the lovely wayside things

Their white-winged seeds are sowing,

And in the fields, still green and fair,

Late aftermaths are growing.

When comrades seek sweet country haunts,

By twos and twos together,

And count like misers, hour by hour,

October's bright blue weather.

0 suns and skies and flowers of June,

Count all your boasts together,

Love loveth best of all the year

October's bright blue weather.

Helen Hunt Jackson

 THE WIND

It makes the trees all bend one way —

It bends my hat off in its play;

It flies my kite up very high,

It blows the clouds across the sky;

It runs as quickly as the light

In grasses — and it makes them bright;

It touches water in the pool

And ruffles it — it's nice and cool —

But what it really is, who knows?

I only know it when it blows.

I guess it's some big child at play —

Look! Now it's blown my hat away!

Sasan NLcholB Pulstfer

THE MONTHS OF THE YEAR

January brings the snow,

Makes the toes and fingers glow.

February brings the rain,

Thaws the frozen ponds again.

March brings breezes loud and shrill,

Stirs the dancing daffodils.

April brings the primrose sweet,

Scatters daisies at our feet.

May brings flocks of pretty lambs,

Skipping by their fluey dams.

June brings tulips,lilies, roses,

Fills the children's hands with posies.

Hot July brings cooling showers,

Strawberries and gilly-flowers.

August brings the sheaves of corn,

Then the Harvest home is borne.

Warm September brings the fruit,

Sportsmen then begin to shoot.

Fresh October brings the pheasant,

Then to gather nuts is pleasant.

Dull November brings the blast,

Then the leaves are falling fast.

Chill December brings the sleet,

Blazing fire and New-Year treat.

Sara Coleridge

OCTOBER

The month is amber,

Gold, and brown.

Blue ghosts of smoke

Float through the town.

Great V's of geese

Honk overhead,

And maples turn

A fiery red.

Frost bites the lawn.

The stars are slits

In a black cat's eye

Before she spits.

At last, small witches,

Goblins, hags,

And pirates armed

With paper bags,

Their costumes hinged

On safety pins,

Go haunt a night

Of pumpkin grins.

John Updike

 BONNIE BELL

The smiling Spring comes in rejoicing,

And surly winter grimly flies:

Now crystal clear are the falling waters,

And bonnie blue are the sunny skies;

Fresh o'er the mountains breaks forth the morning,

The evening gilds the ocean's swell;

All creatures joy in the sun's returning,

And I rejoice in my Bonnie Bell.

The flowery Spring leads sunny Summer,

And yellow Autumn presses near,

Then in his turn comes gloomy

Winter Till smiling Spring again appear.

Thus seasons dancing, life advancing,

Old Time and Nature their changes tell;

But never ranging, still unchanging

I adore my Bonnie Bell.

Robert Burns

IT'S NEVER FAIR WEATHER

I do not like the winter wind

That whistles from the North.

My upper teeth and those beneath,

They jitter back and forth.

Oh, some are hanged, and some are skinned,

And others face the winter wind.

I do not like the summer sun

That scorches the horizon.

Though some delight in Fahrenheit,

To me it's deadly pizen.    (poison)

I think life would be more fun

Without the simmering summer sun.

I do not like the signs of spring,

The fever and the chills,

The icy mud, the puny bud,

The frozen daffodils.

Let other poets gaily sing;

I do not like the signs of spring.

I do not like the foggy fall

That strips the maples bare;

The radiator's mating call,

The dank, rheumatic air.

I fear that taken all in all,

I do not like the foggy fall.

The winter sun, of course, is kind,.

And summer wind's a savior,

And I'll merrily sing of fall and spring

When they're on their good behavior.

But otherwise I see no reason

To speak in praise of any season.

Ogden Nash

THE TIDE RISES, THE TIDE FALLS

The tide rises, the tide falls,

The twilight darkens, the curlew calls;

Along the sea-sands damp and brown

The traveller hastens toward the town,

And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Darkness settles on roofs and walls,

But the sea, the sea in the darkness calls;

The little waves,with their soft, white hands,

Efface the footprints in the sands,

And the tide rises, the tide falls.

The morning breaks; the steeds in their stalls

 Stamp and neigh, as the hostler calls;

The day returns, but nevermore

Returns the traveller to the shore,

And the tide rises, the tide falls.

Henry Longfellow

WRITTEN IN MARCH

The cock is crowing,

The stream is flowing,

The cattle are grazing,

Their heads never raising,

The ploughboy is whooping

Small clouds are sailing,

Blue sky prevailing,

The rain is over and gone.

William Wordsworth

THE FUGITIVES

The waters are flashing,

The white hail is dashing,

The lightnings are glancing,

The hoar-spray is dancing —

Away!

The whirlwind is rolling,

The thunder is tolling,

The forest is swinging,

The minster bells ringing —

Come away!

Percy Bysshe Shelley

AFTERNOON IN FEBRUARY

The day is ending,

The night is descending;

The marsh is frozen,

The river dead.

Through clouds like ashes

The red sun flashes

On village windows

That glimmer red.

The snow recommences;

The buried fences

Mark no longer

The road o'er the plain.

Henry W. Longfellov

V. CREATIVE TASKS

Make up dialogues on the following situations.

1. You are going for a picnic in spring. So, you are discussing the weather you are expecting and what you are going to wear taking into consideration the weather.

2. A friend of yours has come from England to your native town. You are discussing the weather and climate in your lands.

3. You are caught by a shower. You are looking for a shelter and discussing the situation with your friend.

4. You are in the forest in winter. You admire the beauty of nature and are discussing winter, its advantages and disadvantage.

5. Your friend and You are not sure if you should go to the country the next day, because of unfavourable weather forecast.

Make up situations, using the following words or word combinations.

1. to awake; to rise; to shine brightly; to set in; to become longer (shorter); to melt; little streams flow merrily; to grow green; to shoot out buds; leaf (leaves); to break into blossom; to sow; spring flowers

2. warm; dusty; heat; oppressive; to go bathing; to lie in the sun; rainy; cloudy; to rain; thunderstorm, lightning; thunder; to get ripe; to clear up; early vegetables; to do gardening; to pick flowers; to gather berries and mushrooms

3. to be cooler; nasty; to drizzle; rnuddy; wet; pools; slippery; fog; foggy; to change colour; to become yellow; to fall off; to fly away; windy; harvest time; to gather crops; fruits and vegetables; to ripen

4. to become long (short); to freeze; frost; frosty; ice; to snow; snow lies thick; snow-storm; cold; to shiver with cold; to ski; to skate; to make a snowman; to play snowballs

5. field/wild flowers; ripen; to turn/to become yellow; fall off; fade; faded/fallen, dead leaves (flow­ers) drizzle; thick/dense fog ;dirt; mud

6. snowy; snowflake; hard/bitter frost; frosty; It is freezing.

Rivers and lakes are frozen; to make a snowman; to play snowballs; sledge to slide down a hill on a sledge

Write your essay on one of the following points.

1. My favourite season

2. Summer is the best season for holidays.

3. Every season is beautiful in its own way.

4. Twilight

5. Summer shower

6. I enjoy winter most of all.