Poem by Thomas Hardy

Last Week in October

The trees are undressing, and fling in many places –
On the gray road, the roof, the window-sill –
Their radiant robes and ribbons and yellow laces;
A leaf each second so is flung at will,
Here, there, another and another, still and still.

A spider’s web has caught one while downcoming,
That stays there dangling when the rest pass on;
Like a suspended criminal hangs he, mumming
In golden garb, while one yet green, high yon,
Trembles, as fearing such a fate for himself anon.

1. The Wedding Morning
2. On the Tune Called the Old-Hundred-and-Fourth
3. O I Won’t Lead a Homely Life
4. The Country Wedding
5. A Victorian Rehearsal

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