Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OCTOBER, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL



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First Line: Stay, gentle sunshine, stay
Last Line: Shall pay you with a kiss.
Subject(s): October; Sun; Wind


STAY, gentle sunshine, stay;
Sweet west wind, bide awhile;
Nay, linger, and my maid
Shall bribe you with a smile.

Sweet sun and west wind, stay,
You know not what you miss;
Nay, linger, and my maid
Shall pay you with a kiss.





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