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<p>The month of carnival of all the year,<br/>
When Nature lets the wild earth go its way<br/>
And spend whole seasons on a single day.<br/>
The spring-time holds her white and purple dear;<br/>
October, lavish, flaunts them far and near;<br/>
The summer charily her reds doth lay<br/>
Like jewels on her costliest array;<br/>
October, scornful, burns them on a bier.<br/>
The winter hoards his pearls of frost in sign<br/>
Of kingdom: whiter pearls than winter knew,<br/>
Or Empress wore, in Egypt's ancient line,<br/>
October, feasting 'neath her dome of blue,<br/>
Drinks at a single draught, slow filtered through<br/>
Sunshiny air, as in a tingling wine!</p>
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