Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE APPLE FAIR, by WILLIAM STEWARD GORDON


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THE APPLE FAIR, by                    
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!"





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