October
   by Robert Frost - 1913
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  hushed October morning mild,
Thy leaves have ripened  to the fall;
To-morrow's wind,if it be w i L d, Should waste them all.
        The crows above the forest call; To-morrow they may form and go.
          Make the day seem to us less brief.
        Hearts not averse to being beguiled,
 Beguile us in the way you know;
   Release one leaf at break of day;
At noon release another leaf;
 One from our trees, one far away;
       Retard the sun with gentle mist;
Enchant the land with amethyst.
S   l   o   w
 s   l   o   w!
For the grapes' sake,
if they were all,
are burnt
with frost,
Whose
clustered
fruit must
else be lost
For the
grapes 'sake
along   the  wall.