by George Orwell
(published in the Adelphi Magazine,May 1933)Summer-like for an instant the autumn sun bursts out,
And the light through the turning elms is green and clear;
It slants down the path and the ragged marigolds glow
Fiery again, and final flames of the dying year.
A blue-tit darts with a flash of wings,to feed
Where the coconut hangs on the pear tree over the wall;
He digs at the meat like a tiny pickaxe tapping[br]With his needle-sharp beak as he clings to the swinging shell.
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Source: theguardian.com