Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TO OCTOBER, by JANET HAMILTON


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TO OCTOBER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Not changeful april, with her suns and showers
Last Line: With tender magic charm my heart and eyes.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson
Subject(s): October


NOT changeful April, with her suns and showers,
Pregnant with buds, whose birth the genial hours
Of teeming May will give to life and light:
Rich in young beauty, odorous and bright.

Not rose-crown'd June, in trailing robes of bloom,
Her flowery censers breathing rich perfume,
Her glorious sunshine, and her bluest skies,
Her wealth of dancing leaves where zephyr sighs!

Nor fervid July, in her full-blown charms,
Shedding the odorous hay with sun-brown'd arms;
Nor glowing August, with her robe unbound,
With ripening grain and juicy fruitage crown'd!

Nor thee, September, though thine orchards glow
With fruits, ripe, rich, and ruddy -- laying low
The yellow grain with gleaming sickles keen,
With jest and laugh the harvest song between.

I sing October, month of all the year,
To poet's soul and calm deep feeling dear;
Her chasten'd sunshine, and her dreamy skies
With tender magic charm my heart and eyes.





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