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A WAY-SIDE WEED by HERMAN MELVILLE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BY ORCHARDS RED HE WHISKS ALONG
Last Line: THIS SWAYING GOLDEN ROD?
By orchards red he whisks along,
A charioteer from villa fine;
With passing lash o' the whip he cuts
A way-side Weed divine.

But knows he what it is he does?
He flouts October's god
Whose sceptre is this Way-side Weed,
This swaying Golden Rod?



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