Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OCTOBER, by ELINOR WYLIE



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First Line: Beauty has a tarnished dress
Last Line: Rough gold and red.
Alternate Author Name(s): Benet, William Rose, Mrs.
Subject(s): October


Beauty has a tarnished dress,
And a patchwork cloak of cloth
Dipped deep in mournfulness,
Striped like a moth.

Wet grass where it trails
Dyes it green along the hem;
She has seven silver veils
With cracked bells on them.

She is tired of all these --
Gray gauze, translucent lawn;
The broad cloak of Herakles
Is tangled flame and fawn.

Water and light are wearing thin:
She has drawn above her head
The warm enormous lion skin
Rough gold and red.





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