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THE LINGERING OCTOBER WEATHER.
Against the background of the pines
The birch and maple leaned together;
A flame ran through the blackberry vines
That lingering October weather.
The birch and maple leaned together;
A flame ran through the blackberry vines
That lingering October weather.
Fair vistas opened either side,
Of hill or stream, or both together;
But one the hush on wood and tide
That lingering October weather.
Of hill or stream, or both together;
But one the hush on wood and tide
That lingering October weather.
The distant mountain seemed a cloud
Or like a melting opal rather,
With such a gracious light endowed,
That lingering October weather.
Or like a melting opal rather,
With such a gracious light endowed,
That lingering October weather.
I looked upon your happy face;
I watched you as we walked together
I thought: She fills so fair a place!
That lingering October weather.
I watched you as we walked together
I thought: She fills so fair a place!
That lingering October weather.
With dancing eyes in swift surprise
You stooped a wilding rose to gather;
A rose, the pet of summer skies,
Still blooming through October weather!
You stooped a wilding rose to gather;
A rose, the pet of summer skies,
Still blooming through October weather!
I thought how like the rose you were!
Though youth and summer fly together,
No frost, I said, will visit her,
But lingering October weather.
Though youth and summer fly together,
No frost, I said, will visit her,
But lingering October weather.
