October
by Robert Frost - 1913
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O
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
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.