Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE APPLE FAIR, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON First Line: What is all this fuss about? Last Line: "and shout, ""hurrah for the apple fair!" Subject(s): Apples; Festivals; Fruit; Harvest; Fairs; Pageants | ||||||||
What is all this fuss about? Trains all loaded in and out, Blushing fruit and blushing maid Sauces, jellies, marmalade Pies and dumplings scent the air Why, it's Oregon's Apple Fair! "Pyrus Malus King shall be," Shout the Profs. from O. A. C. Till every apple gets in style With the famous "Billiken smile." Balmy Indian summer air All aboard for the Apple Fair! See the beauties, old and new Starks and Spitzens, Baldwins, too, Yellow Newtowns, Kings, and Spies, Gloria Mundis Jumbo size! Your aunts and uncles will be there, So don't you miss that Apple Fair! Sturdy stock from every clan From Halifax to Hindustan All reach perfection in the sun Among the hills of Oregon So toss that headgear in the air And shout, "Hurrah for the Apple Fair!" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE FESTIVAL OF GIOVEDI GRASSO by MATTHEA HARVEY I DEFINE THE DARKNESS CORRECT: THE FESTIVAL OF THE FRERES LUMIERES by ELENI SIKELIANOS THE DANCE (2) by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 1. THE BALLAD-SINGER by THOMAS HARDY AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 2. FORMER BEAUTIES by THOMAS HARDY AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 3. AFTER THE CLUB-DANCE by THOMAS HARDY AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 4. THE MARKET-GIRL by THOMAS HARDY AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 5. THE INQUIRY by THOMAS HARDY AT CASTERBRIDGE FAIR: 6. A WIFE WAITS by THOMAS HARDY A HUSTLE FOR THE FAIR by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON |
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