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THE POET'S CALENDAR: SEPTEMBER by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW

Poet Analysis

First Line: I BEAR THE SCALES, WHERE HANG IN EQUIPOISE
Last Line: THE HUNTER'S MOON REIGNS EMPRESS OF THE NIGHT.
Subject(s): SEPTEMBER;

I bear the Scales, where hang in equipoise
The night and day; and when unto my lips
I put my trumpet, with its stress and noise
Fly the white clouds like tattered sails of ships;
The tree-tops lash the air with sounding whips;
Southward the clamorous sea-fowl wing their flight;
The hedges are all red with haws and hips,
The Hunter's Moon reigns empress of the night.




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