Has yet vouchsafed to spare.
MERRY’S MUSEUM.
Vol. VIII. AUGUST, 1844. No. 2.
August.
This is the eighth month of the year, and derived its name from Augustus, emperor of Rome. In England it is the month of harvest, and the old Saxons used to call it arm-month, arm being the word for harvest. It is everywhere a busy season, and is thus noticed by an old poet:
The ears are filled, the fields are white,
The constant harvest-moon is bright;