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1807–1882

OCTOBER

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

My ornaments are fruits; my garments leaves, Woven like cloth of gold, and crimson dyed; I do not boast the harvesting of sheaves, O'er orchards and o'er vineyards I preside.

Though on the frigid Scorpion I ride, The dreamy air is full, and overflows With tender memories of the summer-tide, And mingled voices of the doves and crows.

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OCTOBER · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Poetry Cove