With yellow russet, red and sere:

The country's looking dull and drear,

The sky is gloomy overhead.

The equinoctial gales we dread,

The summer's gone, the sunshine's fled;

We've rambled far enough this year—

'Mid Autumn Leaves!

Though fast our travel-time has sped,

On London's flags we long to tread;

The latest laugh and chaff to hear,