Repository: UIHistories Project: Sophograph - 1890 [PAGE 17]

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October, with her gorgeous autumn woods Painted in tints of red and tawny gold, J Had reached the last of her allotted day). The sumac, swaying in the gentle breef^ Blushed deesper crimson neath the/r- vid kiss Of the autumnal sun. A d r e a m v ^ a j m Is brooding over nature, save * G e n n o w And then the winds complain^-; m o u r n f u i sighs Of vanished birds, or for tr £ p ; r t i n K month* They chant a melancholy ; Q U j e m The many gay and t h o u g h ^ ;ties that With shout a n d s o n g.and ^ £ reyel J Disturb the student in his ., , , A i u • ~ « i silent bower And who excursions make. , ., , r\ x -ui 4.^ pluck 4-u^ v into the woods i ^w the r Ostensibly to azel nut Whose empty-sacked ret" ; ^ . . hows t h e b u t sou ht An opportunity for m a ™ f y & ' ,/inn love Had ceased to cause t £ /tie city to resound. 'Twas Hallowe'en; . . . the t i m e w h e n And elves, and c o F ghosts, and sprites e e To spend the i W g students too p r e p a r e m Obliging s l e e p i n g foolish noisy mirth Of overturning S People in the line And other kind The full moon attentions similar. ient her The twinkling silvery light to aid stars in Oft times she t making bright the night. miIed u on At others hid h ' P the scenes below er n e a c l Or shielded h</ behind a cloud r fair face wit Lest she see tf " Hfted hand 166018 u n r The sun had/ " e e t for her pure eyes. scarcel Horizon in t / y crept beneath the gray he w e s t > w h e n f r o m Emerged twf0 h a c k s H i t c h o d the town

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