Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OCTOBER GARDEN, by DANIEL MACINTYRE HENDERSON


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OCTOBER GARDEN, by                    
First Line: My garden feels the touch of fall
Last Line: Will show her to the world a slattern!
Subject(s): Gardens & Gardening; October


My garden feels the touch of fall
And, like a damsel, winter dreading,
She spins herself a damasked shawl
With red and gold and purple threading.
The cosmos breaks in starry bloom
Upon the robe of her designing;
Chrysanthemums from her rich loom
Are warmly her deep bosom twining.

October beats against her heart
And blusters he will be her master!
Defiantly she bends her art
To weave perfection in an aster!
Yet well the queenly maid must know
For all the splendour she may pattern,
November's fierce, relentless blow
Will show her to the world a slattern!





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