Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IMMORTAL BEAUTY, by EDNA DEAN PROCTOR


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IMMORTAL BEAUTY, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Beneath october's paling sun how fair
Last Line: Like these winged florets, this october day.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dean
Subject(s): Autumn; Beauty; Immortality; October; Seasons; Fall


BENEATH October's paling sun how fair
The wild-wood flowers in harvest beauty wait!
The brier-rose berries hang in coral state;
The goldenrods their soft gray plumelets wear;
Clusters of down the meek immortelles bear;
The asters, bright with purple bloom so late,
To feathery stars have turned at touch of fate;
And all are winged and waiting for the air.

Immortal Beauty! gold and purple still
Glow in each seed the south wind wafts away,
That glade and bank and lonely nook and hill
Through summer suns may shine in rich array:
Not June's red rose the heart with joy can thrill
Like these winged florets, this October day.





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