O suns and skies and clouds of June,
And flowers of June together,
Ye cannot rival for one hour
October's bright blue weather.
When loud the bumble-bee makes haste,
Belated, thriftless, vagrant,
And golden-rod is dying fast,
And lanes with grapes are fragrant;
When gentians roll their fringes tight
To save them for the morning,
And chestnuts fall from satin burrs
Without a sound of warning;
When on the ground red apples lie
In piles like jewels shining,
And redder still on old stone walls
Are leaves of woodbine twining;
When all the lovely wayside things
Their white-winged seeds are sowing,
And in the fields, still green and fair,
Late aftermaths are growing;
When springs run low, and on the brooks,
In idle golden freighting,
Bright leaves sink noiseless in the hush
Of woods, for winter waiting;
When comrades seek sweet country haunts,
By twos and twos together,
And count like misers hour by hour,
October's bright blue weather.
O suns and skies and flowers of June,
Count all your boasts together,
Love loveth best of all the year
October's bright blue weather.
October's Bright Blue Weather
Helen Hunt Jackson
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Eileen Peregoff: Cannot forget this poem each year when October roll around. I memorized it in the 4th grade and love it still. I am 91 years old but still can appreciate beauty, both outside my winder and written on paper
Mary Jones: Teacher made us memorize this poem in 1958 - 3rd grade. Some of the language was a little over our heads then but the beauty of the poem has stuck with me all these years. It truly is lovely; I still remember it perfectly.
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