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Poem
November 16, 1791
The New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
A lament for the fleeting summer as autumn arrives, stripping the land and bringing winter's gloom, with swains mourning the lost warmth and rural joys, though hope lingers for summer's return.
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OCTOBER.
Ah me! how fast the summer
flies,
And leaves the hapless shore:
While we, beneath the low'ring skies,
Her absence must deplore.
See hostile autumn robs the land,
And strips the drooping trees;
Lo! how they moulder from her hand,
And fall at ev'ry breeze.
Stern hoary winter will prevail,
And drag her fleeces on;
Hark! how the swains the summer wail,
And mourn the season gone.
No more the morn shall blushing rise,
And pearly dews exhale;
No more shall gild the eastern skies,
Nor cheer the bleating vale;
But murky, gloomy, low'ring, black,
Reluctant drop along;
Ah! turn departing summer back,
Restore the rural song.
But hence vain wish, false hope away!
Will she obey the swain?
She flies to hear some nobler lay,
On some more happy plain.
Or wherefore murmurs cause she flies,
Or pine at her depart?
Soon she again more bright shall rise,
And cheer each rural heart.
Ah me! how fast the summer
flies,
And leaves the hapless shore:
While we, beneath the low'ring skies,
Her absence must deplore.
See hostile autumn robs the land,
And strips the drooping trees;
Lo! how they moulder from her hand,
And fall at ev'ry breeze.
Stern hoary winter will prevail,
And drag her fleeces on;
Hark! how the swains the summer wail,
And mourn the season gone.
No more the morn shall blushing rise,
And pearly dews exhale;
No more shall gild the eastern skies,
Nor cheer the bleating vale;
But murky, gloomy, low'ring, black,
Reluctant drop along;
Ah! turn departing summer back,
Restore the rural song.
But hence vain wish, false hope away!
Will she obey the swain?
She flies to hear some nobler lay,
On some more happy plain.
Or wherefore murmurs cause she flies,
Or pine at her depart?
Soon she again more bright shall rise,
And cheer each rural heart.
What sub-type of article is it?
Ode
Pastoral
What themes does it cover?
Nature Seasons
What keywords are associated?
Summer Lament
Autumn Arrival
Winter Gloom
Rural Swains
Seasonal Change
Poem Details
Title
October.
Subject
Lament For Departing Summer
Key Lines
Ah Me! How Fast The Summer Flies,
See Hostile Autumn Robs The Land,
Stern Hoary Winter Will Prevail,
Ah! Turn Departing Summer Back,
Soon She Again More Bright Shall Rise,