Some phrases have been left out in the poem below. First, read the poem. Then, fill in the missing words on listening to the reading or the recording of it in full. You may listen ’ again, if required.
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“To Autumn” by William Blake (1783)
O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stain’d
’With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
,Beneath my shady roof; there thou may’st rest,
And tune thy jolly voice to my fresh pipe,
And all the daughters of the year shall dance!
Sing now the lusty song of fruits and flowers.’
“The narrow bud opens her beauties to
The sun, and love runs in her thrilling veins;
Blossoms hang round the brows of Morning,
and Flourish down the bright cheek of modest Eve, .
Till clust’ring Summer breaks forth into singing,
And feather’d clouds strew flowers round her head.
The spirits of the air live in the smells
Of fruit; and joy, with pinions light, roves round
The gardens, or sits singing in the frees.”
Thus sang the jolly Autumn as he sat,
Then rose, girded himself, and o’er the bleak .
Hills fled from our sight; but left his golden load. .
To Autumn:
O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stained
With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit
Beneath my (1) _____ , there thou may’st rest,
And tune thy jolly voice to my (2) _____ ;
And all the daughters of the year shall dance !
Sing now the (3) _____ of fruits and flowers. “
The (4) _____ opens her beauties to
The sun, and love runs in her (5) _____ v.;
Blossoms hang round the brows of morning, and
Flourish down the . (6) _____ of modest eve,
Till clust’ring Summer breaks forth into singing,
And (7) _____ strew flowers round her head.
The spirits of the air live on the smells
Of fruit; and joy, with (8) _____ , roves round
The gardens, or sits singing in the trees.”
Thus sang the (9) _____ as he sat,
Then rose, girded himself, and o’er the bleak Hills fled from our sight; but left his (10) _____
