Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OCTOBER, by BLANCHE A. WHEATLEY


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First Line: The sumac's torch is now aflame
Last Line: In matchless pageantry.
Subject(s): October


The sumac's torch is now aflame
Among the hills of home;
Its crimson signal does proclaim
A royal guest is come.
In russet dress the elm behold,
The poplars' gilded green;
And maples don their cloth-of-gold
To honor Autumn's queen.

The wild sunflowers bedeck the meads,
Gay asters nod bright heads;
And every path to glory leads
Where fair October treads.
Oh, incense sweet of ripened field,
Of fruitful tree and vine --
All to the queen their treasures yield,
And worship at her shrine.

And even the winds among whispering grass,
No longer fancy free,
Now pause to watch October pass
In matchless pageantry.





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