Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WELCOME TO OCTOBER, 1867, by JANET HAMILTON Poet's Biography First Line: I hail and bless thy presence, month most dear Last Line: Canst with soft magic charm life's weary hours. Alternate Author Name(s): Hamilton, Janet Thompson Subject(s): Autumn; Nature; October; Seasons; Fall | ||||||||
I HAIL and bless thy presence, month most dear In the round cycle of the rolling year; Thy grave, sweet aspect, silent and serene, Is dearer now than it hath ever been. When brooding sorrows shroud my soul in gloom, And round me fall the shadows of the tomb, Thy mellow radiance, tender and benign, Softly irradiates this sad heart of mine. For ah! my way of life has fallen now Into the sere and yellow leaf; but thou Most beauteous in decay, to me dost bring A deeper bliss than all the flush of Spring. How sweet the sympathetic chord that thrills My musing soul, when o'er the purple hills I see the mantling mists creep slowly down, While from the forest monarch's leafy crown The gems are falling, and the shining threads Of gossamer thick strung with dewy beads. From the blue depths of yon calm sleeping sky, Spirit of Peace, thou com'st; I feel thee nigh: Oh, on my soul's dark waters gently move, As at creation's birth the brooding dove! And I, O gentle Peace, will muse and sing In the soft shadow of thy downy wing. Spring with her clouds, her sunbursts, and her showers, Bright glowing Summer, draped and crowned with flowers, Ripe Autumn, rich in fruits and golden sheaves, Have pass'd away like swallows from the eaves: But thou, October, with thy sober hues, Thy russet foliage, and thy drenching dews, Thy silent songsters, blanch'd and faded flowers, Canst with soft magic charm life's weary hours. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...OUR AUTUMN by ELIZABETH AKERS ALLEN AN AUTUMN JOY by GEORGE ARNOLD A LEAF FALLS by MARION LOUISE BLISS THE FARMER'S BOY: AUTUMN by ROBERT BLOOMFIELD A LETTER IN OCTOBER by TED KOOSER AUTUMN EVENING by DAVID LEHMAN EVERYTHING THAT ACTS IS ACTUAL by DENISE LEVERTOV A BALLAD FOUNDED ON A REAL INCIDENT WHICH OCCURED IN HIGH LIFE by JANET HAMILTON |
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