Nay, cheer up, sister. Life is not quite over,
Even if the year has done with corn and clover,
With flowers and leaves; besides, in fact, it’s true;
Some leaves remain, and some flowers too,
For me and you.
Now see my crops.
[Offering his produce to September.]
I’ve brought you nuts and hops;
And when the leaf drops, why the walnut drops.
(October wreathes the hop-vines about September’s neck, and gives her the nut twigs. They enter the cottage together, but without shutting the door. She steps into the background; he advances to the hearth, removes the guard, stirs up the smouldering fire, and arranges several chestnuts ready to roast.)