The month of carnival of all the year,
When Nature lets the wild earth go its way,
And spend whole seasons on a single day.
The spring-time holds her white and purple dear;
October, lavish, flaunts them far and near;
The summer charily her reds doth lay
Like jewels on her costliest array;
October, scornful, burns them on a bier.
The winter hoards his pearls of frost in sign
Of kingdom: whiter pearls than winter knew,
Oar empress wore, in Egypt's ancient line,
October, feasting 'neath her dome of blue,
Drinks at a single draught, slow filtered through
Sunshiny air, as in a tingling wine!
A Calendar Of Sonnets: October
Helen Hunt Jackson
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Poem topics: nature, purple, spring, summer, time, dear, wild, blue, earth, white, frost, ancient, year, slow, kingdom, Valentine's Day, winter, single, october, Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
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