Bruce Shanks (1908-1980)

[inscription reads] " Yellow sunshine flowing in steady stream above the cold blue depths in the sod-chinks, bearing with it a shower of tinkling glint-sparkles. / The sun-set hour; when shows the true character of October. /A few glowing insects; sunlight thin and finely golden, not striking trees with distinct light, but only gilding their foremost glint-spots, seeming to flow thru (sic) the tree. / Myriads of blackbirds, chirpping (sic), a flock far to the east seen as a mass "