Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 October 1914 — October. [ARTICLE]

October.

October of* the wine-red leaves— What memories are in thy name. And what sweet imagery preceives The hills with wizardry aflame! The dogwood glowing on the height, The*. sumach set against the sky, And on the pure, crisp air of night The wild goose hallooing its cry' October, thou art beautiful —-too rare—too beautiful to die!

Like soldiers in their tents of gold, The fields are wonderful with corn, And mists of mellowness enfold The world of faerie at morn. The Hunter’s Moon invokes romance Upon the soft and shadowed air, And all the stars of heaven dance For joy of beauty everywhere. October, thou are Beauty come with vine leaves woven in her hair!

How red the West has come to glow When day goes riding to his rest, And what soft winds contrive to blow Their sweets from Araby the blest! The killdeer calls upon the shore, The sky grows mystic like the sea, And all the arts of fairy lore Are working magic in the tree. October, thou art happiness—our dearest dreams come true in thee! —St. Louis Post-Dispatch.