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OCTOBER
OCTOBER woods whereinThe boy's dream comes to pass,And Nature squanders on the boy her pomp,And crowns him with a more than royal crown,And unimagined splendor waits his steps.The gazing urchin walks through tents of gold,Through crimson chambers, porphyry and pearl,Pavilion on pavilion, garlanded,Incensed and starred with lights and airs and shapes,Color and sound, music to eye and ear,Beyond the best conceit of pomp or power. * 1.1
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OCTOBER. Page 362, note 2. See Society and Solitude,p. 298.