Tusser.


On one side is a field of drooping oats,

Through which the poppies show their scarlet coats.

Keats.


August 24th. (St. Bartholomew's Day.)

If St. Bartholomew's Day be misty, the morning beginning with a hoar frost, then cold weather will soon ensue, and a sharp winter attended with many biting frosts.

Thomas Passenger.