Wild aster, bee balm, phlox, chrysanthemum
Proclaim pure purple in the pallid dawn,
Asserting there’s more blossoming to come,
More purple in the prickling thistle thorn,
More purple in the valley’s swirling haze;
Even the robin’s shadow on the lawn,
Even your welcome of the dwindling days,
Proclaim pure purple in the pallid dawn.
Wild aster, bee balm, phlox, chrysanthemum.

Wild aster, bee balm phlox, chrysanthemum,
Pure purple is the color of your need
To have you mood made manifest, your final flair
Before October’s culminating leaves exceed
In parting opulence the purple air
That radiates as if dispensing rapture everywhere
You move to make a purple hymn to hum:
Wild aster, bee balm, phlox, chrysanthemum.